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: 124570	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84512	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76185
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79107	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73362	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85270
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84540	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85667	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85901	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85420
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86061	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85778	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84011
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88214	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87845	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94993
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91983	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89539	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88269	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86187
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84102	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107171

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease