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: 154451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106631	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98555
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101837	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102358	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95095	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106782
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105795	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107062	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106861	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106497
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107120	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106944	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107472	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105340
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116597	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116852	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116467	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126283
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115276	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112392	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110567	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107931
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105339	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133424

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease