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: 99680	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66745	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60334
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63285	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58406	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67648
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67066	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68156	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68485	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67693
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68476	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68318	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68160	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66555
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69637	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69744	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75552
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73247	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71123	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69949	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68048
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66646	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86531

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease