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: 145722	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99484	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101231	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93260
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96323	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96746	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90171	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101448
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100468	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101816	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101733	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101320
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101830	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101745	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102183	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100021
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110090	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110303	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109935	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118814
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109040	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106508	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104716	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102439
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99917	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125258

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease