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: 176014	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120543	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111823
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115398	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115818	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107210	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122190
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121181	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122047	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121730	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121364
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121912	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121900	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122888	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120495
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133693	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133277	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144932
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132231	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128940	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126900	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124034
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120978	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151893

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease