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: 175666	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120350	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111593
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115168	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115581	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106959	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121944
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120930	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121800	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121509	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121101
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121666	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121672	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122625	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120275
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132842	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132989	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144590
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131987	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128685	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126663	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123794
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120754	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease