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: 162355	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109988	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112060	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101882
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105179	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105737	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98135	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112272
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111174	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112493	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112154	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111870
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112318	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112297	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113027	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110772
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121526	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131427
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121317	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118210	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116180	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113574
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110681	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139707

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease