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: 162246	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109915	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101789
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105640	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98058	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112189
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111097	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112425	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112072	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111803
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112247	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112222	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112949	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110698
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121419	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131316
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121229	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118098	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116084	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113474
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110592	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139599

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease