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: 150429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102369	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96060
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99740	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92874	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104429
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103356	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104770	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104598	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104218
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104760	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104623	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102910
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113941	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113508	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122857
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112411	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109762	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107960	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105473
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102824	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129581

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease