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: 164807	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111897	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114030	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103532
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106805	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107390	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99603	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113957
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112972	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114162	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113801	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113590
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114086	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114009	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114787	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112520
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123073	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123039	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133655
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123330	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120111	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118137	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115481
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112563	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141682

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease