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: 170158	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117921	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107389
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111227	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102928	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117609
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116476	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117481	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117213	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116877
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117413	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117427	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118230	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116009
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127576	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128071	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127618	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139023
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127496	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124175	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122214	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119277
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116325	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146639

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease