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: 94948	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63582	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60414	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55716	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64382
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63886	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64869	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65341	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64387
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65310	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65163	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64968	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63349
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66817	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71922
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69776	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67611	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66703	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64668
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63580	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82656

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease