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: 138730	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94798	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96300	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88756
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91841	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92163	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85695	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96323
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95452	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96732	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96743	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96198
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96844	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96511	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96917	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94908
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103987	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103687	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112286
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103505	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101050	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99495	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97321
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94777	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119062

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease