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: 169836	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107129
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110428	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110947	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102694	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117380
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116230	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117238	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116919	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116632
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117183	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117175	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117980	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115761
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127223	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127296	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138589
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127200	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123898	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121923	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119015
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116045	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146354

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease