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: 124941	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84775	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76537
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79618	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73691	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85494
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84783	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85924	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86106	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85679
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86334	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86041	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86013	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84278
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88121	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88585	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95368
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92261	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89821	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88538	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86463
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84375	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107485

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease