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: 97963	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65515	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59346
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61703	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62252	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57442	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66369
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65883	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66872	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67225	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66392
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67236	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67130	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66956	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65324
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68347	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68487	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74142
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71935	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69789	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68743	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66671
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65499	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85199

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease