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: 99583	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66674	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60270
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63216	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58340	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67576
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66992	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68076	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68413	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67608
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68400	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68232	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68097	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66485
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69557	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69981	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: 75478
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73170	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71044	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69870	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67957
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66576	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86437

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease