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: 121439	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81928	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83198	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73779
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71007	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82726
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81917	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83101	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83389	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83538	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83262	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81449
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84992	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92095
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89477	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86868	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85660	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83622
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81575	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104290

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease