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: 165325	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112242	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103840
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107142	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99911	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114310
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113275	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114491	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114091	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113886
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114401	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114328	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115097	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112859
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123439	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123861	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123400	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134077
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123689	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120483	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118493	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115807
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112905	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142109

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease