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: 134778	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92287	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86507
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89561	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83373	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93496
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92683	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93922	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94030	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93443
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94033	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93668	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93968	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91968
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100797	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108453
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100373	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97944	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96554	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94523
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92070	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115531

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease