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: 170757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116492	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107855
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111697	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103367	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118087
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116996	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117942	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117708	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117291
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117875	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117884	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118723	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116480
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128193	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139723
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128003	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124751	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122697	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119826
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116846	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147155

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease