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: 162441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110068	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112129	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101935
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105230	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98178	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112345
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111244	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112562	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112227	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111935
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112402	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112361	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121139	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131495
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121391	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118274	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116244	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113637
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110763	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139787

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease