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: 162300	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109958	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101849
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105687	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98101	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112230
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111129	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112458	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112114	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111828
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112282	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112254	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112984	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110729
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121109	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121468	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121023	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131377
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121265	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118154	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116129	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113523
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110638	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139651

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease