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: 99514	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66620	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60231
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63162	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58305	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67519
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66947	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68017	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68355	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67556
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68347	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68180	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66426
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69509	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75408
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73129	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70980	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69822	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67907
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66518	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86367

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease