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: 147863	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94595
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97752	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98192	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91497	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102896
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101946	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103268	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103145	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102755
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103306	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103593	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101455
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111808	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112051	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120751
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110645	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108121	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106345	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103932
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101376	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127156

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease