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: 96463	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64419	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65355	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58419
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56494	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65205
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64760	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65739	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66167	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65227
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66147	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66028	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64213
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67376	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72943
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70748	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68577	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67621	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65539
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64422	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83966

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease