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: 153086	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97752
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101071	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101588	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94428	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106077
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105071	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106181	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105777
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106397	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106273	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106762	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104588
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115558	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125238
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114403	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111623	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109764	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107216
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104585	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132197

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease