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: 149714	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102002	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103791	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95675
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92501	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104029
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102974	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104373	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104225	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103840
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104342	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104234	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104658	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102529
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113417	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122274
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111907	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109318	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107544	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105043
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102411	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128876

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease