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: 124008	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84005	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85281	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75688
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78609	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78745	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72877	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84751
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84075	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85199	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85375	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84954
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85546	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85313	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85256	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83490
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87332	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94400
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91514	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88990	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87742	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85657
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83599	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106672

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease