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: 123352	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84803	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75193
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78290	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72400	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84239
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83551	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84696	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84903	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84446
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85025	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84779	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82945
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86773	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93831
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91034	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88495	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87258	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85194
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83093	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106083

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease