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: 140837	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96345	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97857	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90367
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93376	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87400	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98093
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97164	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98508	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98463	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98049
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98629	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98404	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98839	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96705
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106588	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114897
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105387	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102934	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101249	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99114
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96556	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121130

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease