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: 170728	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116452	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107833
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111209	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103341	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118060
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116969	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117920	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117685	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117273
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117860	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117864	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118699	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116455
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139691
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127986	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124719	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122674	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119799
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116814	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147123

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease