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: 144698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98802	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100491	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92600
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95609	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96063	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89521	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100714
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99764	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101081	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101019	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100593
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101160	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101494	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99337
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109336	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109516	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117966
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108243	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105749	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103960	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101779
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99177	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124306

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease