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: 139840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95606	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97109	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89595
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92599	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86579	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97267
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96348	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97646	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97648	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97138
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97762	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97465	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97908	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95863
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104942	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113636
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104476	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102052	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100417	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98261
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95722	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120126

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease