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: 123000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83162	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84492	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74962
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77871	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78035	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72154	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83926
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83241	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84371	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84624	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84143
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84731	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84508	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84515	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82658
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90715	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88195	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86951	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84866
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82782	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105795

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease