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: 138410	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94576	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96095	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88529
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91636	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91942	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85462	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96070
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95202	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96472	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96509	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95955
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96604	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96235	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96654	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94632
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103608	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103737	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111871
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103243	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100797	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99266	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97073
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94532	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118758

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease