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: 162055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109806	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111873	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101677
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104964	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97966	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112059
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110965	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112310	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111944	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111702
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112142	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112831	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110568
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120923	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121267	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131180
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121079	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117944	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115937	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113331
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110458	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139431

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease