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: 134391	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91996	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86281
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89334	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89572	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93149
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92376	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93602	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93694	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93122
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93734	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93349	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93639	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91662
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100013	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108126
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100024	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97625	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96232	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94222
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91758	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115279

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease