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: 98510	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65890	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66764	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59632
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62529	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57700	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66740
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66203	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67171	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67599	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66762
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67597	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67454	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67307	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65705
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68713	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69166	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68871	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74505
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72319	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70178	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69072	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67086
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65791	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85579

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease