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: 149353	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101829	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95445
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98653	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92275	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103833
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102796	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104188	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104027	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103626
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104152	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104045	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104486	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112866	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112747	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121970
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111686	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109116	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107338	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104867
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102227	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128569

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease