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: 147076	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100408	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102168	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94133
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91053	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102416
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101441	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102734	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102616	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102222
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102787	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102623	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100931
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111173	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111430	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111085	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120066
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110097	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107570	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105770	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103421
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100861	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126469

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease