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: 121468	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81951	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83224	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73811
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76680	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71024	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82743
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81956	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83123	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83408	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82812
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83566	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83270	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81468
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85027	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85127	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92133
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89501	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86891	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85696	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83651
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81602	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104324

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease