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: 96568	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64487	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65438	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58496
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60767	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61349	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56553	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65293
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64850	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65819	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66242	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65288
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66228	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65918	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64300
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67796	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67448	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73009
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70840	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68663	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67694	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65615
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64498	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84037

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease