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: 136350	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93241	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87339
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90433	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84211	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94542
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93768	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94979	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95068	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94458
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95089	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94744	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95140	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93115
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101717	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101940	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101425	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109774
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101562	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99088	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97687	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95578
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93088	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116937

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease