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: 143530	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98124	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99799	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91925
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94883	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95378	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88885	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100087
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99099	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100406	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100336	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99919
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100463	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100293	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100820	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98667
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108765	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108373	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117151
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107453	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104957	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103221	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101049
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98498	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123233

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease