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: 139393	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95240	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96756	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89208
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92260	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92630	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86168	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96855
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95962	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97254	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97265	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96721
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97385	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97046	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97472	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95446
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104744	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104805	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104420	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113063
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104041	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101618	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100033	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97848
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95319	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119646

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease