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: 141995	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97217	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98829	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91249
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94648	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88225	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99093
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98167	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99466	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99421	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99016
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99543	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99332	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97769
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107926	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107470	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116189
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106409	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103897	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102174	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100065
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97563	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122145

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease