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: 137702	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95577	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88005
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91416	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84926	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95481
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94654	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95879	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95944	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95360
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96008	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95681	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96073	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94064
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102919	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102465	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110905
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102623	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100175	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98696	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93974	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118098

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease