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: 162420	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110046	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112111	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101924
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105221	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105780	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98174	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112332
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111228	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112552	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112208	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111918
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112388	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112345	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113080	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110831
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131482
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121380	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118258	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116231	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110742	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139767

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease