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: 142160	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97365	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91372
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94287	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88345	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99234
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98288	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99589	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99552	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99143
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99664	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99483	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99986	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97901
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107911	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116359
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106549	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104022	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102305	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100188
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97685	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122307

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease