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: 170782	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116514	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107879
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111273	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103389	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118109
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117015	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117960	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117730	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117306
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117895	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117901	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118741	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116502
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128258	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139753
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128019	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124769	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122720	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119848
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116873	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147184

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease