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: 164318	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111408	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103063
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106336	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113512
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112484	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113691	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113331	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113122
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113596	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114302	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112045
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122554	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122952	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133096
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122821	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119632	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117651	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114977
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112079	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141194

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease