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: 146717	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100175	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93895
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97459	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90816	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102165
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101196	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102510	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102388	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102021
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102550	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102389	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102865	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100690
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111134	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110809	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119745
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109870	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107312	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105511	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103169
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100617	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126147

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease