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: 144592	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98717	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100403	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92514
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95526	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95987	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89426	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100632
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99693	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101003	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100947	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100513
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101079	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100917	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99269
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109419	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117851
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108160	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105658	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103865	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101695
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99094	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124203

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease