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: 140945	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97964	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90462
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93458	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93916	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87502	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98203
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97266	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98633	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98569	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98163
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98730	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98501	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98946	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96807
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106749	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106820	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106358	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115067
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105504	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103049	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101360	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99249
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96679	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121237

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease