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: 128516	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87036	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88447	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80477
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83498	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77358	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87859
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87050	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88243	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88454	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87937
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88722	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88365	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88395	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86567
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100242
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94736	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92385	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90972	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88849
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86663	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110424

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease