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: 99961	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66948	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60511
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58568	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67842
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67254	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68351	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68660	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67863
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68654	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68521	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68352	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66735
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69844	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69928	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75778
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73448	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71321	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70153	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68244
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66820	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86770

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease