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: 76869	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52924	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48159
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50071	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50793	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47236	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53842
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53094	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53794	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54291	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53652
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54071	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54144	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53913	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52724
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55604	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56051	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60009
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57797	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56216	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55295	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54075
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52963	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67509

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease