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: 139536	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95361	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96862	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89335
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86301	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96983
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96082	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97377	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96841
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97505	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97173	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97607	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95565
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104935	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104582	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113244
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104201	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101755	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100152	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97995
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95448	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119795

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease