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: 168994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114844	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116942	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106475
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109729	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110315	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102076	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116763
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115570	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116640	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116255	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116028
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116548	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116519	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115061
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126357	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126913	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126420	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137593
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126469	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123169	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121231	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118256
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115314	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 145592

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease