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: 147720	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100843	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102589	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94501
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97636	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91416	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102815
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101842	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103159	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103038	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102650
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103207	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103511	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101358
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111667	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111909	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120588
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110542	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108021	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106231	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103811
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101288	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127034

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease