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: 100450	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67306	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68225	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60787
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63751	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58848	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68186
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67586	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68709	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69010	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68210
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69021	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68836	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68701	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67112
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76187
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73810	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71694	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70522	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68579
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67190	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87157

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease