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: 155396	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105175	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99067
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102377	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102916	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95585	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107358
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106308	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107570	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107370	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107090
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107639	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107492	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108084	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105856
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117277	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117536	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127107
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115940	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113000	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111151	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105846	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134338

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease