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: 99316	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66493	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67409	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60113
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63041	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58180	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67364
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66792	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67871	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68215	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67430
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68196	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68062	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67908	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66274
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69361	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69774	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75247
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72973	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70838	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69685	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67761
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66389	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86229

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease