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: 98208	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65666	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59476
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62406	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57571	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66527
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66042	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66990	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67407	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66554
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67416	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67107	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65502
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69001	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74328
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72114	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69966	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68892	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66816
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65650	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85386

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease