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: 123538	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83639	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84933	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75384
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78453	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72601	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84403
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83713	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84857	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85042	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84612
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85173	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84968	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84933	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83105
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86865	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86955	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94046
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91178	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88630	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87406	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85322
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83255	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106235

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease