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: 85057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57825	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58505	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 52340
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51018	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58439
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58893	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59300	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58358
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59160	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59132	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57387
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61012	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60642	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65234
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63253	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61210	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60472	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58719
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57803	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74409

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease