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: 141654	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96983	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98549	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91002
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88029	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98859
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97884	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99217	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99163	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98745
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99285	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99089	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99606	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97468
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107463	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107656	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115887
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106144	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103633	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101929	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99839
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97315	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121884

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease