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: 149840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102051	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95724
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98946	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99391	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92559	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104076
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103016	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104428	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104278	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103882
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104405	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104288	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104713	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102592
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113196	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122357
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111978	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109382	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107589	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105116
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102463	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128985

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease