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: 168176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114186	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116259	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105807
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109023	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109630	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101492	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116132
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114926	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116041	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115431
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115958	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116723	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114488
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126167	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125651	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136774
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125745	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122525	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120487	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117587
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114645	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 144827

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease