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: 135509	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92796	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86934
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90010	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83786	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93986
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93199	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94412	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94546	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93888
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94519	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94203	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94513	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92480
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101054	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101345	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100828	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109078
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100916	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98466	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97093	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95041
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92577	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116175

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease