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: 174525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121710	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110820
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114743	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106199	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121109
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120083	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121031	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120768	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120341
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120916	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120926	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121818	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119480
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131888	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143426
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131167	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127891	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125860	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123012
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119955	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150512

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease