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: 164296	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113494	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103045
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106316	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99117	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113496
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112467	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113670	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113312	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113102
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113581	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113512	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114281	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112026
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122930	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122492	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133070
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122798	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119613	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117628	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114950
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112061	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141172

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease