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: 121448	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81934	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83202	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73784
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71014	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82729
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81921	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83105	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83396	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82793
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83547	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83247	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83271	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81453
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85001	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85448	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92104
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89482	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86871	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85668	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81582	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104298

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease