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: 139469	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95316	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96816	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89284
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92327	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86251	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96924
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96032	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97315	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97323	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96784
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97458	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97111	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97537	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95500
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104848	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104913	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104511	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113154
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104129	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101695	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100098	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97941
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95388	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119740

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease