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: 166131	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114875	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104327
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107599	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100278	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114772
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113695	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114874	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114492	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114290
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114793	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114743	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115473	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113256
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124421	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123952	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134774
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124261	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121020	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119014	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116314
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113349	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142928

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease