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: 140976	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97989	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90486
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93488	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93941	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87534	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98229
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97302	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98655	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98590	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98188
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98755	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98529	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98975	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96836
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115117
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105533	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103076	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101384	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99269
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96710	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121263

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease