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: 144771	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98853	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100544	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92650
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95671	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96131	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89581	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100773
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99819	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101135	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101069	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100656
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101209	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101066	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101554	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99390
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109421	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109605	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109256	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118047
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108298	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105807	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104015	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101838
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99240	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124388

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease