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: 144061	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98432	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92225
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89175	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100366
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99378	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100707	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100632	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100203
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100753	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100603	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98965
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107778	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105308	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103525	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101366
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98759	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123689

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease