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: 144747	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98834	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92628
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96107	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89560	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100751
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99797	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101116	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101048	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100625
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101194	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101041	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101528	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99368
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118018
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108277	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105780	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103996	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101823
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99214	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124361

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease