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: 142023	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97244	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91272
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94666	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88243	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99119
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98189	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99489	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99444	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99037
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99567	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99365	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99886	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97790
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107769	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107951	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107503	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116216
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106422	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103925	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102194	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100086
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97589	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122175

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease