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: 83337	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56697	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57402	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51391
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 53555	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54043	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50146	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57401
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56840	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57809	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58194	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57253
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58068	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58020	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57962	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56314
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59550	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64046
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62150	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60071	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59349	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57647
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56736	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73031

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease