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: 148454	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101297	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103048	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94929
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98549	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91777	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103242
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102275	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103607	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103511	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103107
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103632	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103504	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103953	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101814
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112220	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112036	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121232
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111063	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108500	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104284
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101706	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127675

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease