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: 97998	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65531	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66462	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59368
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61729	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62278	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57459	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66394
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65911	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66888	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67255	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66420
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67258	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67159	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66985	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65346
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68371	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68875	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68509	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74168
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71962	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69817	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68764	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66686
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65525	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85231

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease