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: 172906	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118327	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120381	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109678
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105129	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119933
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118830	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119791	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119552	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119168
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119744	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119719	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120564	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118281
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130149	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130591	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130228	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 141775
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129927	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126653	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124575	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121701
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118752	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149185

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease