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: 170477	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116200	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107632
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111468	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103124	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117829
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116743	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117708	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117472	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117100
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117662	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117667	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118472	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116251
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127891	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128373	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127963	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139398
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127756	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124490	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122445	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119552
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116597	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146918

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease