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: 167156	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113400	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105051
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108359	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100849	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115380
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114305	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115423	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115068	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114845
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115356	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115332	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116084	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113886
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125283	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124777	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135765
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125021	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121723	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119676	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116974
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113985	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 143899

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease