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: 119827	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80633	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72683
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75523	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69874	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81466
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80673	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81754	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82187	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81476
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82333	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82083	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80157
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83888	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90784
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88130	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85530	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84393	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82274
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80304	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102944

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease