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: 162015	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109789	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101660
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97949	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112033
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110941	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112289	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111926	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111679
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112120	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112067	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112793	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110538
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120889	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120801	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131154
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121049	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117915	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115914	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113300
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110420	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139397

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease