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: 176170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120655	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111933
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115515	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107328	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122321
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121325	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121857	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121495
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122040	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123035	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120624
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133304	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133866	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145132
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132377	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129072	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127045	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124150
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121105	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152037

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease