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: 98906	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67066	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59857
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62348	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62767	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57924	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67076
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66482	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67513	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67906	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67082
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67874	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67764	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67587	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65966
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69035	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69469	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69196	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74872
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72633	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70487	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69367	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67435
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66088	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85887

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease