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: 173325	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118677	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110003
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113500	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113882	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105432	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120280
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119215	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120151	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119919	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119542
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120113	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120099	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118627
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130674	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142244
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130317	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126988	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124943	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122099
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119112	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149530

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease