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: 180147	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123010	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114580
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118107	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118566	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109783	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124939
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124834	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124388	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124131
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124605	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124612	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125624	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123295
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136740	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137316	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 148986
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 135257	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131910	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129759	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126811
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123552	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 155742

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease