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: 124741	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84650	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76421
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79340	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79478	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73580	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85399
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84674	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85802	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86001	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85548
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86204	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85913	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85898	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84146
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87992	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88457	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95229
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92118	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89672	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88408	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86332
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84231	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107330

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease