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: 123324	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84775	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75179
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78096	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78270	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72370	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84207
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83518	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84666	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84875	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84415
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84996	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84770	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84754	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82911
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86646	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86747	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93799
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91008	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88462	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87225	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85158
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83061	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106044

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease