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: 98698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66014	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66895	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59751
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62217	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62633	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57808	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66883
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66330	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67329	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67744	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66910
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67725	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67588	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67424	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65821
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68866	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69287	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69024	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74669
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72460	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70339	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69199	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67248
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65932	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85726

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease