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: 141446	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90851
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93820	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87888	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98685
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97727	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99077	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99009	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98585
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99158	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99453	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97286
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115680
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105986	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103486	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101777	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99691
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97159	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121726

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease