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: 136454	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93300	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87388
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90467	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90757	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84262	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94622
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93845	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95046	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95140	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94547
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95164	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94822	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95232	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93190
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101789	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102019	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101494	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109847
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101670	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99179	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97762	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95655
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93165	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117048

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease