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: 139160	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95085	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96585	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89029
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86008	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96642
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95757	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97044	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97078	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96514
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97196	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96861	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97271	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95249
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104446	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104139	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112751
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103843	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101406	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99811	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97657
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95128	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119433

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease