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: 176365	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120806	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112073
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116070	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107459	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122480
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121499	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122361	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121991	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121652
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122178	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122195	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123181	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120786
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133517	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133635	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145357
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132537	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129231	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127185	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124303
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121261	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152216

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease