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: 140154	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95848	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97349	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89848
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93275	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86844	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97523
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96608	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97949	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97901	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97442
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98062	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97757	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98206	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96157
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105330	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114051
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104784	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102346	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100681	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98554
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95973	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120469

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease