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: 158810	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107519	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100434
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96850	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109765
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108670	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109997	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109746	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109494
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109990	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109874	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110496	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108234
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119293	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119594	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119195	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129355
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118564	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115511	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113586	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110969
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108164	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137324

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease