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: 144943	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100688	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92744
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89663	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100923
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99965	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101279	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101202	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100808
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101317	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101227	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101709	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99529
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109559	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118208
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108473	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105941	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104166	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101948
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99377	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124505

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease