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: 138781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96326	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88781
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91874	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85725	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96361
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95477	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96760	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96781	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96234
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96875	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96548	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96948	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94939
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104033	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103724	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112330
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103536	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101088	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99522	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97364
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94808	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119096

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease