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: 148981	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101641	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103399	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95224
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98426	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92073	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103608
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102609	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103979	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103844	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103438
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103970	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103848	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104273	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102137
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112596	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112845	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121676
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108889	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107117	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104659
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102050	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128247

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease