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: 163611	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110842	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112926	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102495
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106366	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98580	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113077
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111945	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113166	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112819	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112580
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113051	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113003	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113711	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111512
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122215	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132310
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122208	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119031	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117033	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114410
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111502	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140549

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease