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: 171554	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117103	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119094	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108439
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103920	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118681
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117566	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118534	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117900
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118474	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118447	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119294	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117046
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 140450
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128644	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125372	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123322	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120439
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117483	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147879

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease