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: 140591	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96133	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90144
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93158	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93582	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87175	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97874
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96935	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98274	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98228	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97798
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98377	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98141	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98563	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96467
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106240	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114563
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105130	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102671	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101005	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98882
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96291	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120863

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease