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: 168484	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114437	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116507	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106096
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109851	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116351
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115152	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116229	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115862	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115636
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116162	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116134	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116934	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114697
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125902	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126449	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125969	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137110
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126000	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122768	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120765	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117837
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114887	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 145123

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease