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: 98489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59624
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62046	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62521	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57691	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66727
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66182	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67151	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67587	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66744
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67578	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67286	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65693
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68850	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74493
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72308	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70164	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69058	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67062
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65782	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85564

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease