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: 170490	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116221	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118215	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107649
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110983	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111488	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103144	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117845
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116761	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117726	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117488	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117115
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117677	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117680	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118489	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116266
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127905	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127984	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139421
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127779	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124514	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122461	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119574
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116613	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146933

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease