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: 139115	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95041	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88987
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92066	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85957	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96599
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95719	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97004	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97020	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96475
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97154	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96804	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95203
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104472	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112682
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103798	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101361	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99761	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97610
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95075	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119382

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease