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: 170718	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116434	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118432	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107819
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111662	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103324	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118039
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116954	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117912	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117680	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117266
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117845	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117853	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118688	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116443
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128134	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139672
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127966	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124701	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122647	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119776
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116794	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147105

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease