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: 167635	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115958	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105365
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108699	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109264	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101138	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115708
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114605	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115726	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115359	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115086
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115625	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115610	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114194
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125674	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125176	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136247
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125347	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122095	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120019	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117257
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114282	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 144342

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease