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: 98632	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65970	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59705
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62588	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57762	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66841
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66278	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67281	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67687	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66853
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67676	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67530	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67384	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65773
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68801	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69241	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68971	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74599
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72401	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70273	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69148	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67196
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65878	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85669

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease