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: 133777	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91495	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85871
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88896	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89145	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82739	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92617
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91879	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93086	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93158	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92591
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93219	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92851	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91168
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99861	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107502
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99475	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97059	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95693	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93672
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91279	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114758

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease