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: 126580	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85807	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87171	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77939
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81032	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75005	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86559
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85835	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86949	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87117	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86696
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87381	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87103	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85345
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89577	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89681	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96956
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93365	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90966	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89620	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87494
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85425	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108884

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease