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: 169821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115585	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117630	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107114
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102683	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117363
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116217	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117227	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116900	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116621
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117170	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117161	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117963	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115752
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127204	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127728	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138561
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127170	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123878	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121905	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118994
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116023	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146337

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease