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: 135327	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92680	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86850
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90155	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83702	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93885
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93094	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94307	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94426	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93782
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94410	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94089	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94394	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92364
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100941	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100708	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108939
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100809	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98353	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96974	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94943
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92471	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116002

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease