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: 123908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83912	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85216	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75613
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78547	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72812	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84680
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83997	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85133	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85311	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84882
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85471	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85254	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85201	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83428
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87116	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87234	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94303
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91457	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88928	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87680	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85588
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83533	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106597

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease