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: 158810	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107518	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100433
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103739	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104238	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96849	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109763
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108667	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109996	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109746	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109490
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109988	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109873	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110494	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108232
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119290	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119591	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129348
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118561	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115510	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113581	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110966
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108164	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137322

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease