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: 147590	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100758	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102495	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94436
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91352	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102725
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101761	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102950	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102564
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102957	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103420	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101268
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111555	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111439	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120460
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110455	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107927	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106134	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103732
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101213	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126919

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease