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: 99580	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67600	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60268
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63215	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58339	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67574
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66985	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68071	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68410	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67606
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68399	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68228	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68093	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66481
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69978	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75472
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73166	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71042	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69869	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66573	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86429

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease