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: 140875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96380	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97907	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90397
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93398	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87450	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98139
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97209	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98552	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98501	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98098
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98664	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98446	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98878	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96735
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106650	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106729	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114976
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105431	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102970	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101291	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99161
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96597	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121178

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease