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: 98194	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65644	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66581	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59459
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61835	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62397	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57548	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66503
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66028	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66975	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67387	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66539
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67395	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67279	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67091	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65478
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68498	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68982	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68655	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74308
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72106	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69944	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68880	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66805
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65639	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85370

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease