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: 162867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112421	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102143
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98337	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112591
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111509	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112763	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112430	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112159
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112629	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112585	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113338	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111079
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121472	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131847
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121696	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118541	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116545	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113906
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111023	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140111

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease