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: 170197	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115955	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117966	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107418
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111262	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102952	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117636
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116511	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117518	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117253	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116906
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117452	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117455	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118267	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116044
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127620	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127661	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139073
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127530	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124223	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122244	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119319
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116360	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146668

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease