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: 147573	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102486	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94419
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97545	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91333	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102710
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101744	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103042	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102940	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102544
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103106	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102940	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103406	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101256
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111797	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111418	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120445
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110447	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107914	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106119	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103719
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101198	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126904

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease