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: 98891	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66153	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67051	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59849
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62338	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62756	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57913	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67045
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66465	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67486	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67887	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67056
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67861	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67744	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67573	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65951
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69452	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69174	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74854
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72618	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70477	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69352	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67415
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66071	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85873

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease