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: 133802	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91532	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85892
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88919	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82767	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92658
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91904	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93103	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93187	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92614
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93254	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92884	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93140	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91186
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99564	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99900	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99424	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107542
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99502	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97091	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95723	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93700
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91301	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114781

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease