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: 96442	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64405	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65340	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58407
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60698	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61280	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56483	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65195
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64751	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65727	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66157	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65209
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66132	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66018	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64201
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67191	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67717	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72931
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70741	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68566	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67610	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65526
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64404	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83954

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease