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: 98973	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66227	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67111	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59904
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62389	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57970	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67124
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66540	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67568	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67952	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67135
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67929	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67637	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66011
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69091	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74932
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72683	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70547	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69422	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67477
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66133	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85935

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease