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: 123200	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83337	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84663	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75101
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78187	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72303	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84078
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83419	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84559	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84789	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84334
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84902	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84678	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84665	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82817
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86526	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86984	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86639	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93701
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90913	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88363	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87131	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85046
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82944	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105953

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease