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: 157395	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106556	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108629	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99834
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103619	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96269	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108782
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107774	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109068	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108817	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108572
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109087	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108971	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109576	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118416	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118676	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128355
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117532	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114530	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112633	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109958
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107204	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136165

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease