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: 155542	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105268	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107272	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99156
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102470	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102995	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95663	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107455
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106391	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107670	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107453	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107167
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107736	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107586	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108164	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105944
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117377	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117258	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127227
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116036	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113100	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111260	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108591
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105944	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134475

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease