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: 162314	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109971	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112043	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101862
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105707	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98112	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112245
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111142	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112474	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112133	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111849
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112297	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112276	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113004	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110745
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121493	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121042	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131397
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121288	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118173	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116151	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113545
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110656	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139670

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease