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: 100901	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67634	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68540	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61062
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63617	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64040	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59120	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68495
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67893	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69003	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69288	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68540
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69337	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69129	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69003	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67434
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70561	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70928	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70606	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76564
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74154	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72063	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70913	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68923
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67505	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87509

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease