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: 174339	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119402	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110691
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114617	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106078	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120988
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119963	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120910	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120637	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120225
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120813	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120796	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121677	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119358
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131636	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132104	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143224
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131037	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127765	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125717	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122868
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119817	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150357

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease