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: 98668	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65987	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59723
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62192	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57787	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66850
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66306	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67301	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67718	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66883
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67701	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67555	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67404	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65793
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68830	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69264	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74635
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72430	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70304	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69169	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67227
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65904	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85695

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease