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: 164854	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111944	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103575
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99646	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114007
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113017	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114209	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113846	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113633
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114136	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114053	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114833	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112569
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123121	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123534	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133699
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123379	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120162	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118183	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115528
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112607	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141727

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease