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: 99476	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66590	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60206
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63139	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58282	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67489
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66898	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67985	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68316	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67522
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68302	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68148	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67997	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66397
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: 69877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69569	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75370
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73092	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70954	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69784	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67876
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66493	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86338

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease