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: 101200	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67859	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61268
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63800	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64220	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59290	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68722
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68139	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69230	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69466	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68759
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69539	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69342	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69232	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67623
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70783	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71178	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76768
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74366	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72283	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71125	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69139
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67713	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87769

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease