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: 121223	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81752	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73627
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70854	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82560
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81753	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82905	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83223	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82601
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83370	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83082	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83122	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81295
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85273	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91910
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89313	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86679	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85492	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83428
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81388	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104112

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease