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: 174019	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121324	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110466
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113960	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114364	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105843	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120762
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119734	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120672	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120411	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120014
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120591	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120580	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121436	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119114
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131311	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131784	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142929
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130809	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127520	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125491	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122644
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119605	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150050

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease