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: 169523	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115312	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117383	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106878
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110181	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110719	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102490	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117127
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117052	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116688	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116425
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116957	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117750	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115502
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127390	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126935	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138179
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126924	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123638	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121640	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118731
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115757	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146056

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease