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: 98169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65625	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59443
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61825	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57531	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66484
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66020	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66961	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67368	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66517
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67373	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67268	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67076	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65459
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68638	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74287
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72089	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69925	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68870	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66791
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65624	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85354

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease