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: 140427	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96027	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97528	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90034
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87058	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97743
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96812	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98157	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98109	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97676
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98257	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98425	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96365
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106058	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105640	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114382
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104999	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102547	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100886	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98769
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96175	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120723

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease