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: 98605	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65957	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66821	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59697
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62142	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62571	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57753	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66821
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66262	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67260	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66838
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67663	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67517	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67370	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65760
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68790	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74587
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72379	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70255	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69133	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67171
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65856	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85652

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease