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: 166694	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113062	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104742
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100572	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115070
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113996	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115143	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114787	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114560
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115067	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115045	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115795	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113572
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124447	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124872	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135309
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124644	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121375	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119367	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116666
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113685	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 143464

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease