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: 145523	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99360	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93115
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96634	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90050	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101310
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100327	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101684	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101599	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101194
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101686	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101615	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102073	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99902
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110171	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109799	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118667
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108893	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106379	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104577	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102321
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125043

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease