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: 99551	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66642	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67576	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60243
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62751	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63182	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58322	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67542
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66968	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68048	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68383	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67574
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68369	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68202	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68059	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66448
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69526	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69949	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69640	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75438
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73144	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71010	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67932
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66535	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86402

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease