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: 142129	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97340	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98941	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91346
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94270	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94745	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88326	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99213
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98268	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99564	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99537	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99119
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99638	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99470	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99964	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97882
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108066	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107637	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116341
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106517	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103997	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102278	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100161
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97674	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122279

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease