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: 142607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97661	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91601
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88558	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99572
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98613	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99903	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99856	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99458
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99975	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100315	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98191
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108358	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107942	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116679
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106882	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104389	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102668	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100527
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98003	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122645

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease