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: 142398	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97528	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99134	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91521
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94428	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94908	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88482	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99432
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98468	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99774	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99718	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99330
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99842	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99646	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100182	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98062
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108247	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107839	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116553
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106729	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104241	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102505	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100383
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97882	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122506

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease