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: 144642	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98749	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92536
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95552	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96010	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89464	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100666
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99712	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101030	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100972	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100540
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101106	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100940	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101455	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99289
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109270	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109100	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117893
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108190	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105685	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103897	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101723
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99116	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124238

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease