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: 133166	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90954	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92507	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85386
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82317	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92055
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91291	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92513	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92559	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92049
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92686	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92302	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92520	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90564
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99225	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106809
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98878	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96436	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95114	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93113
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90765	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114305

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease