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: 160678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108842	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101131
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104991	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97480	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111020
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109952	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111261	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110949	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110702
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111172	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111799	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109536
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120220	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120114	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130420
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119994	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116839	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114901	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112305
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109460	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 138554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease