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: 155353	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105144	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107128	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99025
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95553	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107310
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106262	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107537	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107347	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107046
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107608	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107452	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108040	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105815
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117487	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117113	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127034
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115889	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112958	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111121	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108460
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105805	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134286

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease