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: 145814	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99552	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93327
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96388	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96829	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90237	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101503
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100524	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101873	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101796	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101389
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101891	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101806	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102234	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100078
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110377	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110021	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118881
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109114	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106583	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104765	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102503
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99977	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125346

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease