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: 175661	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120345	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111591
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115161	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115575	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106955	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121938
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120923	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121796	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121506	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121097
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121660	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121669	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120269
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133383	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144580
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131978	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128682	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126657	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123791
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120744	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151546

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease