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: 133617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92932	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85734
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88759	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82615	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92474
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91723	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92950	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93008	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92436
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93088	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92695	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92944	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91013
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99365	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107328
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99323	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96900	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95544	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93532
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91139	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114641

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease