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: 146844	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100248	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93969
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97533	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90898	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102257
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101276	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102591	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102465	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102090
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102641	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102469	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102933	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100784
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110981	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110905	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119853
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109945	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107408	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105599	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103261
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100697	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126253

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease