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: 162772	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110282	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112339	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102106
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105400	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106006	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98294	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112544
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111438	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112707	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112374	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112106
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112574	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112526	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113281	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111026
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121341	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131783
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121616	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118469	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116482	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113837
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110961	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140052

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease