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: 169525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115317	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117385	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106881
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110184	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102492	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117129
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116003	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117053	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116692	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116426
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116959	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117752	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115506
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127392	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138187
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126926	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123641	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121641	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118734
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115761	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146060

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease