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: 118926	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79911	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71977
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69231	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80763
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80005	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81102	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81451	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80756
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81659	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81376	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79428
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83085	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89969
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87379	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84765	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83657	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81594
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79615	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102077

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease