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: 149947	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102092	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95786
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99007	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92628	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104135
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103070	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104481	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104334	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103940
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104456	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104344	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104789	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102655
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113269	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113567	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113156	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122446
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112056	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109452	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107665	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105177
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102522	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129095

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease