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: 173823	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119040	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121188	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110352
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114240	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105736	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120628
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119589	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120531	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120277	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119884
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120462	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120448	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121289	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118960
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142767
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130682	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127371	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125331	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122498
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119460	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149900

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease