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: 135012	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93966	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86648
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89720	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89973	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83510	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93648
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92842	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94063	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94200	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93576
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94184	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93821	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94141	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92130
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100992	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100492	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108658
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100545	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98112	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96704	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94690
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92224	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115726

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease