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: 140504	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96078	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97581	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90086
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93102	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93512	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87104	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97806
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96871	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98205	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98161	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97731
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98305	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98062	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98494	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96414
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106205	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105716	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114462
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105059	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102591	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100930	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98819
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96221	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120794

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease