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: 141263	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96692	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98253	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90700
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94143	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87755	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98517
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97559	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98916	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98842	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98439
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98989	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99278	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97112
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107208	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106754	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115450
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105833	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103316	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101624	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99512
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96991	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121547

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease