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: 170604	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116345	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118328	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107741
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111591	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103246	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117951
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116872	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117840	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117594	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117211
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117784	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117782	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118599	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116374
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139542
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127881	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124614	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122567	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119678
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116714	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147031

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease