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: 158725	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107448	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109474	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100382
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104177	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96787	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109688
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108591	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109925	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109674	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109422
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109924	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109797	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110416	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108174
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119098	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129256
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118474	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115435	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113514	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110877
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108093	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease