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: 118347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79436	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80704	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71562
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74380	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74530	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68845	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80329
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79602	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80667	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81029	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80333
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81246	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80880	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80955	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79007
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82574	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89454
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86931	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84322	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83223	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81085
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79197	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101546

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease