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: 98572	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65932	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: 59678
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62114	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: 57737	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66794
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66245	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67224	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67642	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66812
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67636	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67488	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67349	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65739
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68761	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74555
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72359	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70230	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69117	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67135
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65836	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85632

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease