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: 146104	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99767	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101487	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93509
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96615	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97045	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90414	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101696
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100716	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102075	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101975	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101587
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102086	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101988	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100280
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110377	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119118
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109356	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106793	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105000	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102731
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100177	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125622

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease