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: 149813	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102044	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95710
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99383	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92552	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104074
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103009	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104419	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104270	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103876
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104394	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104278	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104706	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102583
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113179	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122341
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111971	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109373	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107582	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105096
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128964

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease