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: 144042	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98418	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100076	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92211
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95182	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95666	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89164	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100356
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99369	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100693	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100620	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100187
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100739	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100588	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98958
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108905	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109067	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108685	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117470
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107763	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105292	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103513	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101345
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98751	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123671

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease