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: 152745	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97539
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100839	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101362	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94253	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105888
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104860	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106155	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105983	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105572
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106185	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106077	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106536	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104349
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124932
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114158	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111404	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109552	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106992
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104373	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131886

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease