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: 150053	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102158	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103972	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95865
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99087	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104209
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103142	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104550	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104397	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104003
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104538	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104410	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104861	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102717
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113363	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113668	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113247	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122554
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112146	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109516	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107729	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105255
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102596	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129222

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease