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: 141489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90882
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93837	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87919	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98722
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97755	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99105	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99041	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98617
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99186	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98963	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99484	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97327
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107013	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115722
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106024	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103518	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101807	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99721
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97196	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121764

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease