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: 145959	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99657	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101391	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93420
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96503	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90317	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101595
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100622	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101977	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101887	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101484
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101975	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102342	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100176
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110257	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110479	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110129	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119000
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109246	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106695	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104891	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102625
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100068	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125477

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease