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: 141688	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97007	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98574	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91037
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88071	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98882
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97914	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99246	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99187	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98779
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99317	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99120	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99637	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97511
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107695	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115934
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106172	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103659	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101957	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99865
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97345	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121912

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease