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: 99528	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66626	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60232
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62739	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63168	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58309	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67525
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66955	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68362	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67558
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68352	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68185	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66435
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69511	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69621	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75417
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73135	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70986	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69829	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67914
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66525	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86378

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease