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: 175511	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120236	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122405	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111484
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115062	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115478	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106856	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121841
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120799	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121689	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121407	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120987
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121556	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121565	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122506	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120144
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132690	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144427
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131872	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128572	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126536	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123682
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120633	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151403

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease