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: 175632	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120320	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122497	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111570
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115145	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106939	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121921
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120889	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121771	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121493	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121077
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121640	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121647	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122594	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120246
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133360	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132951	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144547
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131955	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128663	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126633	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123769
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120719	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151520

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease