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: 174081	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119221	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110499
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114007	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114402	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105877	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120809
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119780	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120719	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120458	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120052
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120626	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120617	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121482	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119154
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131849	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131436	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142979
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130844	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127564	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125526	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122679
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119646	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150094

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease