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: 140300	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95939	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89941
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92960	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93376	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86951	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97635
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96713	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98060	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98016	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97574
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98172	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97883	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98329	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96276
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105882	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105481	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114222
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104895	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102453	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100785	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98655
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96077	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120591

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease