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: 122613	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82855	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74653
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77721	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71844	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83640
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82881	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84053	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84301	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83811
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84418	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84183	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84155	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82356
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86066	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93126
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90387	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87832	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86600	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84524
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82464	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105369

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease