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: 154320	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104623	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106559	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98463
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101764	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102277	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95028	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106696
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105709	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106997	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106792	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106397
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107030	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106867	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107394	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105252
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116514	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116372	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126176
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115193	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112322	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110494	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107859
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105262	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133306

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease