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: 115457	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77404	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69734
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67128	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78328
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77567	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78714	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79072	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78416
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79267	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78805	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78973	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76910
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80883	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80493	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87241
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84817	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82258	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81135	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79042
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77205	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99150

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease