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: 98584	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65940	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59685
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57741	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66801
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66251	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67236	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67649	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66819
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67643	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67495	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67355	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65747
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68770	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74565
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70233	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69121	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67144
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65841	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85641

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease