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: 145135	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99106	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92865
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95926	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96342	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89783	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101032
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100076	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101420	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101322	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100936
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101435	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101355	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101830	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99633
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109692	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109893	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118372
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108624	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106103	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104319	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102073
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99512	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124692

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease