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: 147549	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102469	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94409
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97529	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97977	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91323	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102700
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101731	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103025	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102928	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102528
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103089	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102924	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103382	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101244
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111776	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111400	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120429
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110420	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107898	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106094	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103714
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101181	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126881

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease