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: 148017	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101039	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102780	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94679
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97839	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98287	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91564	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102991
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102042	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103359	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103250	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102852
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103392	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103685	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101542
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112158	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120880
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110754	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108220	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106446	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104024
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101462	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127269

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease