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: 121444	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81931	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83200	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73782
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76654	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71012	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82727
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83101	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83389	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82792
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83546	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83267	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81451
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84997	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85095	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92101
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89478	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86869	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85664	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83624
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81577	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104293

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease