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: 91508	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61503	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62405	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55684
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58458	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54003	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62254
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61742	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62810	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63243	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62220
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63144	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62847	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61287
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64276	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69527
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67492	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65316	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64469	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62497
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61581	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79858

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease