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: 146602	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100108	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101888	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93821
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96944	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97377	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90748	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102093
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101117	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102430	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102311	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101944
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102486	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102320	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102775	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100626
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110795	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111010	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110715	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119646
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109777	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107216	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105418	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103098
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100541	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126053

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease