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: 97513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65172	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59079
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61394	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57159	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66038
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65576	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66521	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66891	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66045
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66894	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66804	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66621	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65007
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67982	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68484	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68129	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73754
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71582	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69418	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68398	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66338
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65169	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84790

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease