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: 124520	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84455	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85721	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76095
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79177	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73295	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85214
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84489	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85610	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85832	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85364
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85989	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85728	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85735	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83954
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87659	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88134	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94910
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91937	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89486	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88218	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86126
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84056	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107116

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease