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: 148404	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101268	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94898
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98055	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98512	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91740	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103210
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102251	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103575	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103483	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103067
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103596	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103475	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103922	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101780
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112423	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121187
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111017	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108473	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106714	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104242
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101677	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127619

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease