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: 98319	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65755	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59536
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61926	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57634	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66595
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66095	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67059	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67473	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66632
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67471	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67355	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67180	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65575
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68586	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69062	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68740	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74389
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72197	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70042	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68965	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66922
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65701	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85461

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease