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: 145453	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99326	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93084
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96153	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90013	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101266
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100292	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101646	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101561	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101154
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101650	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101585	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99868
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109911	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110139	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109761	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118634
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108863	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106335	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104545	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102289
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99758	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124999

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease