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: 168586	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114515	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106164
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109370	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109947	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101763	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116426
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115215	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116295	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115922	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115711
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116226	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116196	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116999	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114758
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125993	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126546	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126057	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137194
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126091	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122846	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120847	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117916
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114967	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 145210

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease