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: 97694	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65301	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66240	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59174
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61506	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57255	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66168
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65684	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66651	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67013	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66178
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67018	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66922	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66747	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65114
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68119	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68602	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73897
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71718	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69562	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68530	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66459
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65284	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84944

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease