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: 144908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98939	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92719
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89642	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100897
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99936	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101251	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101169	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100769
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101298	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101198	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101689	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99501
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109524	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109726	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118170
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108431	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105915	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104135	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101925
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99346	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124467

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease