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: 135190	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92587	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94112	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86761
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90087	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83632	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93794
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94216	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94338	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93695
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93989	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94285	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92274
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100826	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101131	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100615	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108841
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100713	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98254	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96866	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94846
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92364	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115887

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease