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: 123850	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83870	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85178	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78515	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78629	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72779	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84651
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83974	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85102	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85284	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85436	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85212	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83388
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87528	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94271
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91428	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88896	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87647	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85550
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83502	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease