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: 133631	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91357	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85742
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88768	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89027	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82625	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92483
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91735	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92961	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92442
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93098	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92707	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92953	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91023
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99376	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99690	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99229	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107339
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99328	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96917	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95556	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93540
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91149	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114651

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease