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: 164928	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112004	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114132	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103628
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106908	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107489	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99702	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114059
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113072	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114271	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113895	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113695
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114193	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114895	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112629
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123193	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133766
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123443	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120226	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118244	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115585
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112665	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141798

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease