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: 98021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65542	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59376
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62289	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57467	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66408
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65927	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66901	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67265	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66432
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67269	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67171	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66994	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65361
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68882	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74179
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71976	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69831	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68782	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66698
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65538	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85244

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease