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: 135168	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92572	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94096	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86739
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89813	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90072	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83613	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93772
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92972	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94195	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94321	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93680
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94290	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93964	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94266	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92256
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101109	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100602	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108815
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100686	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98228	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96836	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94826
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92345	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115855

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease