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: 143562	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98140	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99817	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91939
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95397	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88897	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100099
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99119	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100422	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100352	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99931
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100480	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100304	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100832	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98688
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117177
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107473	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104971	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103236	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101064
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98508	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123255

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease