External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83555	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84877	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75272
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78369	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72488	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84320
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83648	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84787	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84979	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84527
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85113	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84911	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84868	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83030
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86766	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86866	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93935
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91111	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88570	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87335	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85272
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83180	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106173

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease