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: 144933	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98955	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92735
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95763	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96203	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89654	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100918
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99957	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101269	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101193	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100801
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101311	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101219	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101703	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99522
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109385	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118197
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108466	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105929	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104160	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101941
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99370	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124493

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease