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: 146158	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99812	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101540	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93559
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90461	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101748
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100771	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102124	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101626
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102041	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100320
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119200
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109414	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106844	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105054	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102781
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100231	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125666

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease