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: 98653	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65976	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59714
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62180	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57775	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66848
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66298	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67295	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67709	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66869
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67690	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67547	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67396	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68818	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74618
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72421	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70291	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69162	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67219
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65898	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85687

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease