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: 147871	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100951	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94604
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97759	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98200	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91500	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102901
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101954	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103274	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103147	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102758
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103307	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103138	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103597	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101461
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111812	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112060	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111641	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120760
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110651	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108123	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106353	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103940
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101382	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127161

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease