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: 157381	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106545	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99827
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103095	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96265	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108775
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107766	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109058	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108806	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108556
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109076	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109565	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107342
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118404	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118665	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118271	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128348
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117519	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114519	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112622	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109943
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107193	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136151

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease