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: 133977	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91679	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93221	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86018
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89043	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82900	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92802
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92046	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93270	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93346	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92790
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93403	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93035	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93310	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91329
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99754	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99607	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107721
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99666	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97271	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95897	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93875
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91444	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114916

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease