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: 96591	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64511	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65454	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58511
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61374	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56577	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65319
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64865	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65842	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66264	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65314
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66242	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66120	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65944	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64322
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67824	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67470	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73040
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70866	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68689	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67714	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65639
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64517	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84055

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease