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: 169734	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115519	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107043
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110345	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102635	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117284
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116137	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117183	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116842	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116558
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117107	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117102	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117898	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115681
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138444
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127101	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123809	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118913
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115946	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146245

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease