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: 174279	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119350	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110639
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114150	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106022	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120931
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119913	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120862	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120602	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120187
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120763	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120753	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121643	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119312
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131558	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131626	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143168
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130993	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127723	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125669	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122826
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119774	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150291

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease