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: 98567	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66800	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59674
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62109	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62555	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57732	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66788
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66241	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67217	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67638	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66804
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67633	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67486	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67347	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65738
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69201	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68911	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74550
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72356	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70223	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69115	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67132
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65833	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85626

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease