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: 100417	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67283	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60767
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63286	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63731	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58825	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68169
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67567	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68686	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68992	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68191
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68996	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68821	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68678	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67089
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70183	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76165
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73790	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71676	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70505	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68562
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67171	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87130

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease