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: 169704	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115490	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117534	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107009
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110321	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102616	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117261
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116118	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117163	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116822	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116537
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117088	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117080	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117871	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115648
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127067	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127594	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138403
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127071	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123791	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121791	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118887
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115922	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146215

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease