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: 158341	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109220	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100173
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103460	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96575	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109406
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108324	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109669	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109422	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109152
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109684	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109548	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110172	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107941
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119201	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118792	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128917
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118210	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115142	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113252	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110594
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107819	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136949

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease