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: 146654	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100133	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93852
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97413	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90775	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102125
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101148	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102456	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102339	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101967
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102519	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102357	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102803	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100654
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111066	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119692
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109815	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107254	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105461	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103127
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100574	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126092

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease