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: 139617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89391
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92424	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92837	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86379	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97040
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96138	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97441	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97450	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96904
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97576	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97237	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97669	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95626
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105028	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105118	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104675	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113342
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104274	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101839	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100213	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98056
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95515	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119887

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease