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: 162284	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111998	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101825
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105109	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98087	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112213
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111112	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112442	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112100	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111815
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112268	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112239	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112970	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110714
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121445	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121003	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131353
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121249	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118131	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116110	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113505
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110624	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139628

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease