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: 158341	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107171	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109221	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100175
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103462	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96576	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109409
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108325	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109671	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109424	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109154
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109685	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109551	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110175	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107942
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118793	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128918
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118213	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115146	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113255	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110597
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107820	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136950

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease