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: 146098	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99761	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101480	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93504
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96609	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97039	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90410	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101686
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100710	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102070	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101970	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101580
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102077	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101982	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102429	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100272
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110366	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110561	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119107
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109352	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106791	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104995	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102727
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100174	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125617

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease