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: 65081	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46315	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46794	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 42418
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 43624	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 44627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 41530	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47256
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46620	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47042	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47304	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46897
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47207	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47342	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47081	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46308
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48786	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48960	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 49329	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 52494
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 50227	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 49014	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 48180	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47520
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46338	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57094

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease