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: 140027	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95777	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97260	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89759
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92787	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93195	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86745	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97430
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96513	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97845	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97804	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97356
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97968	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97669	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98096	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96059
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105564	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105191	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113927
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104670	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102242	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100594	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98465
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95896	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120337

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease