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: 170805	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116541	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118537	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107905
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111752	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103418	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118135
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117040	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117982	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117751	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117326
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117912	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117918	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118759	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116520
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128247	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128291	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139781
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128044	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124783	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122745	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119868
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116903	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147219

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease