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: 175760	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120405	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122579	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111650
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115233	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115656	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107026	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122003
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121016	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121867	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121584	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121194
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121742	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121742	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122700	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120336
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132925	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133483	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144689
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132056	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128750	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126721	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123861
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120810	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151648

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease