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: 139698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95482	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89465
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92486	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86441	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97115
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96210	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97508	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97507	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96993
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97626	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97741	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95709
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104757	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113430
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104346	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101904	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100271	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98122
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95575	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119958

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease