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: 155478	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107219	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99116
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102426	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95625	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107412
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106349	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107636	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107417	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107136
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107691	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107543	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108137	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105907
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117598	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117209	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127176
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115991	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113058	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111218	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108541
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105912	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134419

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease