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: 140479	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97565	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90067
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93497	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87088	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97787
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96857	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98189	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98144	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97710
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98287	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98045	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98469	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96395
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106106	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105696	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114441
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105032	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102578	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100905	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98808
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96203	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120765

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease