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: 121512	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81972	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83261	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73849
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71054	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82788
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81997	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83179	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83449	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82851
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83599	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83303	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83338	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81499
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85071	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85161	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92178
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89532	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86939	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85736	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83688
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81650	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104382

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease