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: 121405	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81903	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83162	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73757
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76616	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70985	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82700
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81898	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83061	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83359	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82758
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83506	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83218	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83232	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81428
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85417	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85063	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92069
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89447	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86831	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85636	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83588
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81535	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease