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: 98848	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66123	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59831
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57884	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67010
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66441	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67454	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67866	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67026
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67829	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67706	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67542	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65920
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68990	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69145	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74808
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72583	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70460	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69319	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67390
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66043	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85849

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease