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: 96971	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64786	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65737	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58743
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56833	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65159	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66111	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66529	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65640
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66526	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66402	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64612
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67597	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68101	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67728	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73316
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71170	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69005	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68008	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65915
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64764	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84354

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease