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: 146094	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93504
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97036	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90407	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101681
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100707	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102066	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101969	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101576
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102074	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101976	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102428	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100268
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110363	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110561	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110233	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119103
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109348	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106785	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104992	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102724
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100168	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125614

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease