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: 158602	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107370	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100326
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104122	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96719	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109602
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108513	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109836	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109604	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109335
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109859	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110348	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108115
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119115	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119417	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119007	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129150
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118398	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115349	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113435	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110803
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108023	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137150

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease