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: 123986	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83975	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85265	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75668
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78589	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78719	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72861	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84742
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84053	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85184	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85352	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84930
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85530	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85237	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83469
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87184	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87639	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94378
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91497	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88974	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87721	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85643
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83582	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106646

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease