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: 98224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65681	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59485
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62414	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57579	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66537
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66052	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67003	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67416	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66563
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67422	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67302	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67115	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65512
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68518	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69012	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74338
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72129	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69977	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68903	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66831
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65654	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85395

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease