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: 158756	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107478	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109496	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100407
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96815	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109725
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108628	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109958	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109706	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109450
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109951	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109832	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110453	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108199
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129303
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118505	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115473	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113541	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110919
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108125	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137285

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease