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: 145164	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99123	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92883
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95941	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96366	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89806	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101067
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100099	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101443	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101340	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100962
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101460	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101375	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101859	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109914	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109566	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118394
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108662	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106126	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104343	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102095
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99537	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124724

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease