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: 148031	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101046	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94688
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97848	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98299	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91573	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103002
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102049	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103367	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103264	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102863
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103401	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103239	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103695	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101559
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111924	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112177	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111758	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120892
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110763	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108227	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106454	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104034
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101469	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127289

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease