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: 93536	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62724	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63694	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56832
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59019	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55007	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63545
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63034	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64050	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64489	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63487
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64416	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64320	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64091	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62496
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65430	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66020	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70958
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68851	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66687	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65767	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63831
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62763	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81517

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease