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: 146116	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99778	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93521
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97055	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90423	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101707
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100730	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102089	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101985	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101597
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102092	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102445	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100291
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110259	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119136
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106802	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105010	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102740
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100190	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125630

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease