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: 118505	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80827	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71670
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74503	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68937	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80451
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79692	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80788	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81133	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80432
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81357	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81003	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79100
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83085	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89595
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87032	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84447	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83327	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81200
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79311	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101676

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease