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: 162111	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109837	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111902	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101713
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105000	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105569	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97994	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112104
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111012	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112349	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111990	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111741
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112180	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112143	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112877	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110605
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120876	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131223
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121135	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117982	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115981	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113383
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110495	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139465

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease