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: 122973	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83150	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84467	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74946
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77845	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78015	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72137	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83904
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83218	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84351	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84601	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84126
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84712	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84491	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84490	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82638
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86417	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93458
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90697	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88168	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86926	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84846
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82772	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105766

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease