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: 148281	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101193	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94820
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103151
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102190	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103527	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103408	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102998
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103542	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103402	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101708
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112106	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121094
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110936	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108402	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106630	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104176
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101615	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127527

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease