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: 97886	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65450	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66384	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59306
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61642	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57380	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66310
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65832	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66802	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67166	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66329
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67172	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67066	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66884	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65257
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68278	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68765	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68413	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74057
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71867	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69707	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68680	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66607
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65445	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85122

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease