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: 146136	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101517	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93544
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96648	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97073	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90449	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101732
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100753	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102112	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102003	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101614
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102111	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102025	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102464	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100306
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110408	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110608	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110292	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119173
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109388	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106831	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105029	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102766
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100216	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125651

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease