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: 141342	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96761	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90752
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87810	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97641	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98982	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98923	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98498
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99067	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98852	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99363	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97194
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107161	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107311	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106878	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115545
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105899	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103396	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101693	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99593
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97068	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121630

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease