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: 170608	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107744
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111094	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111595	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103247	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117956
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116876	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117843	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117597	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117211
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117788	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118603	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116375
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128518	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128098	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139551
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127887	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124617	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122571	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119682
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116720	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147032

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease