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: 159169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107764	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100628
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103942	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97035	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109959
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108892	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110211	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109936	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109651
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110165	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110681	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108439
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119560	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129707
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118826	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115747	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111199
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108399	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137631

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease