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: 99920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66933	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60491
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58549	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67819
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67237	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68330	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68639	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67842
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68630	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68490	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68328	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66708
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75753
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73423	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71298	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70122	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68226
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66797	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86739

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease