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: 164895	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111984	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103609
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106884	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107469	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99686	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114040
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113053	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114246	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113879	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113674
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114173	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114090	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114870	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112609
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123164	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123577	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123124	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133739
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123417	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120203	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118226	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115566
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112643	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141775

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease