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: 98690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66004	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59740
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62210	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62623	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57806	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66877
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66320	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67321	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67735	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66903
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67722	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67581	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67420	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65814
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69013	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74662
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72453	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70330	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69195	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67244
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65927	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85718

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease