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: 121488	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81961	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73827
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76697	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76895	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71038	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82766
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81970	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83145	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83431	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82837
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83582	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83286	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83309	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81485
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85048	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85492	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85144	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92147
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89515	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86916	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85717	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83670
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81620	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104342

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease