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: 139498	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95327	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96833	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89301
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92342	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86270	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96946
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96059	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97337	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97345	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96807
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97476	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97143	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97565	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95525
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104880	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104949	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104536	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113188
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104157	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101722	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100123	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97972
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95411	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119765

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease