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: 165303	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112231	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114356	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103826
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107126	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107701	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99905	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114299
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113263	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114479	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114079	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113878
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114385	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114312	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115092	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112852
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123428	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134065
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123677	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120468	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118479	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115796
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112895	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142086

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease