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: 146352	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99973	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93712
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96807	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90604	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101932
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100939	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102276	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102170	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101795
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102305	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102178	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102627	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100466
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110639	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110809	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119444
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109592	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107030	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105239	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102936
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100383	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125830

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease