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: 133297	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91053	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92621	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85495
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88526	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88783	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82411	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92163
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91418	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92630	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92686	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92169
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92803	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92407	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92638	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90676
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99040	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99350	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: 106953
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98996	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96564	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95234	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93236
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90865	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114406

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease