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: 121633	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82038	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83330	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73924
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76795	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76991	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71130	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82869
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82074	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83263	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83530	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82944
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83679	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83388	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83411	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81568
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85135	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85586	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92256
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89605	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87025	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83758
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81718	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104485

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease