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: 123403	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83516	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84845	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75237
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72450	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84282
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83612	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84745	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84942	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84491
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85079	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84875	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84829	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82989
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86721	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87174	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93886
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91079	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88535	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87300	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85238
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83147	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106137

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease