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: 147618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100784	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94456
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97576	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91368	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102761
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101780	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103082	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102970	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102588
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103143	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102974	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103443	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101292
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111582	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111842	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120488
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110484	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107955	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106164	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103753
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101228	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126950

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease