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: 149509	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103693	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95551
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98745	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99227	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92394	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103915
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102877	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104282	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104126	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103721
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104246	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104133	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104553	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102433
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113005	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113254	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112863	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122117
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111794	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109215	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107435	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104952
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102319	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128709

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease