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: 115916	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77691	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78866	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70020
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72764	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67393	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78604
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77838	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78956	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79314	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78660
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79527	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79065	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77223
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80821	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81213	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87591
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85128	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82580	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81446	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79350
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77479	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99541

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease