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: 173783	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119016	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110323
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113805	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114212	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105715	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119570	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120493	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120247	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119861
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120425	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120414	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121257	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118929
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131114	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131601	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142726
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130652	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127340	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125292	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122467
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119433	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149870

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease