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: 129150	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87584	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88980	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81840
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78765	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88446
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87642	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88856	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88979	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88490
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89275	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88903	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88958	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87130
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94081	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94675	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94233	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101895
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95319	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92920	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91524	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89387
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87232	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110923

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease