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: 119684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72559
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75429	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75605	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69773	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81347
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80559	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81638	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82065	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81353
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82223	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81997	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80049
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83747	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90647
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88011	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85412	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84269	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82164
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80193	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102844

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease