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: 132983	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92362	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85192
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88203	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88482	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82107	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91898
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91140	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92360	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92390	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91887
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92521	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92149	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92374	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90400
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98599	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98964	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106495
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98713	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96297	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94925	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92957
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90599	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114170

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease