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: 173670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118926	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121068	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110253
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113736	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114130	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105650	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120509
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119490	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120412	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120161	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119769
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120346	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120339	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121172	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118850
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142608
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130555	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127256	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125211	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122375
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119355	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149794

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease