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: 159098	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109736	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100602
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103918	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104431	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96991	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109905
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108834	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110147	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109884	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109617
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110127	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110023	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110635	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108400
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119506	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119806	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129647
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118782	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115699	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113788	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111153
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108355	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137605

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease