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: 98037	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59390
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61749	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62304	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57470	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66421
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65943	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66909	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66445
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67279	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67187	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65381
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68402	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68536	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74195
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71991	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69842	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68798	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66710
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65554	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85261

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease