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: 146888	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100276	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93998
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97126	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97557	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90925	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102285
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101298	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102613	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102492	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102119
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102672	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102484	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102960	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100814
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111013	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110932	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119890
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109976	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107433	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105629	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103287
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100722	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126292

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease