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: 155518	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105247	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107255	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99137
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95646	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107432
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106376	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107650	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107436	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107148
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107714	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107567	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105930
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117361	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127203
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116014	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113084	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111243	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108564
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105928	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134452

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease