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: 98255	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66624	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59499
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62422	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57594	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66556
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66065	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67031	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67432	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66585
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67438	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67316	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67140	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65526
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68544	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69035	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74359
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72152	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69997	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68920	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66857
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65669	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85419

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease