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: 170753	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116483	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118468	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107850
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111237	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111692	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103361	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118080
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116993	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117938	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117701	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117287
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117873	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117882	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118719	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116477
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128188	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128231	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139711
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127998	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124744	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122695	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119824
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116839	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147148

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease