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: 98757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66053	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66943	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59779
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62246	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62675	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57841	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66925
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66370	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67372	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67787	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66948
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67756	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67635	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67463	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68914	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69062	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74721
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72499	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70390	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69242	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67298
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65974	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85767

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease