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: 172989	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118403	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109760
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113618	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105197	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120016
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118923	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119881	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119629	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119253
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119831	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119798	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120641	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118372
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130675	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 141872
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130019	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126725	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124663	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121793
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118832	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease