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: 124013	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84011	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75695
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78611	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72880	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84757
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84078	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85204	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85379	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84956
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85550	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85319	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85258	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83496
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94404
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91519	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88994	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87742	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85661
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83604	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106680

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease