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: 159099	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109737	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100603
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103920	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104433	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96993	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109906
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108835	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110149	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109886	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109617
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110129	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110026	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110635	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108400
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119806	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129648
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118782	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115702	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113791	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111155
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108356	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137605

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease