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: 145724	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99486	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101232	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93262
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96326	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90175	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101452
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100471	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101818	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101735	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101324
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101831	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101748	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100023
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110094	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109940	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118818
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109045	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106511	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104718	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102442
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99921	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125261

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease