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: 96607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64522	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65461	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58520
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61385	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56586	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65328
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64882	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65851	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66272	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65324
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66255	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66129	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65954	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64330
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67832	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73048
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70878	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68704	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67718	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65648
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64522	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84063

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease