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: 180037	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114503
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118025	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118485	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109694	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124856
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123852	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124751	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124313	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124068
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124521	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124526	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125537	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123221
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137215	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 148867
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 135161	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131808	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129670	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126726
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123483	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 155639

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease