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: 140363	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95977	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97490	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89981
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93419	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86997	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97691
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96764	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98116	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98069	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97633
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98210	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97934	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98373	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96322
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105966	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105561	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114299
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104943	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102501	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100834	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98700
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96125	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120662

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease