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: 96795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64671	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65601	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58642
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56724	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65474
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65022	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65979	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66402	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65492
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66384	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66277	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66103	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64480
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67469	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67951	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67594	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73188
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71019	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68855	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67857	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65779
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64645	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84223

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease