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: 133140	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90937	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85364
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88381	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88675	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82286	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92036
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91268	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92487	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92533	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92021
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92660	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92274	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92506	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90539
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106771
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98862	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96413	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95088	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93099
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90739	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114286

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease