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: 121383	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81886	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83145	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73738
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76601	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76805	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70962	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82686
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81883	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83039	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83342	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82737
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83486	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83204	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81411
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84954	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85403	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85038	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92047
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89433	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86822	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85624	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83565
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81513	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104239

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease