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: 123164	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83290	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75085
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77987	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72282	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84046
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83385	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84512	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84752	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84297
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84869	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84639	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84636	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82787
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86483	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86939	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93658
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90880	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88332	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87106	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85009
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82914	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105928

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease