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: 96990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64807	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65752	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58763
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61070	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61620	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56849	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65636
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65176	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66130	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66544	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65659
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66543	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66246	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64631
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67608	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67750	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73331
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71186	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69024	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68029	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65933
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64781	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84373

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease