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: 123393	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83506	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84840	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75232
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78146	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78322	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72440	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84274
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83606	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84738	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84939	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84481
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85071	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84865	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84822	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82983
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87168	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93876
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91069	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88529	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87288	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85229
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83141	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106128

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease