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: 122745	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84285	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74772
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77671	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77835	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71944	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83735
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83000	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84183	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84417	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83930
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84524	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84298	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84279	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82449
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86076	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93243
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90506	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87947	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86726	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84645
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82590	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105526

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease