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: 164513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111606	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113726	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103249
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106539	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99322	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113669
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112670	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113871	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113511	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113311
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113779	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113714	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114488	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112217
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123196	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133353
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123032	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119825	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115186
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112271	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141399

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease