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: 119029	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79979	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81278	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72044
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74901	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75047	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69282	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80821
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80076	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81159	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81531	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80835
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81726	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81385	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81441	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79500
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83518	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83188	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90038
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84824	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83723	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81658
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79682	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102160

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease