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: 34586	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26408	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25407
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 26154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26967
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26927	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27116	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27099	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26680
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26810	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26721	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26722
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 28883	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 28943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 30468
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 28156	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27623	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27266	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27028
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26400	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 31706

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease