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: 142876	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99457	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91677
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95099	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88642	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99741
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98769	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100043	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100015	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99607
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100140	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99941	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100469	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98359
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108452	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108039	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116801
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107072	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104559	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102825	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100666
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98157	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122780

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease