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: 99149	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66350	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60011
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62486	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58067	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67246
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66669	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67714	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68085	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67285
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68058	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67771	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66139
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69637	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75066
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72835	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70684	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69544	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67601
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66255	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86084

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease