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: 143070	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97900	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99547	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91707
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94653	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95128	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88682	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99846
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98859	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100146	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100120	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99693
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100219	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100580	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98443
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108358	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108502	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108094	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116864
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107181	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104671	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102941	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100774
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98264	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122835

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease