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: 124676	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84594	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76365
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79284	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79416	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73524	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85348
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84613	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85750	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85961	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85504
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86143	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85855	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85856	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84091
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87937	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88020	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95186
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92069	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89619	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88358	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86263
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84179	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107265

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease