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: 146289	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99932	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93664
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97204	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90560	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101878
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100891	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102241	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102131	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101740
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102256	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102139	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102581	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100427
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110584	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119376
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109543	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106967	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105186	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102882
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100337	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125773

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease