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: 173517	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118829	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120941	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113624	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105557	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120418
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119373	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120309	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120059	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119673
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120259	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120242	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121069	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118762
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130801	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131256	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130888	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142432
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130445	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127146	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125094	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122252
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119257	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149675

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease