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: 147094	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100423	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102181	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94139
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97253	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91061	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102425
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101449	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102742	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102629	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102234
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102796	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102631	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100944
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111437	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111094	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120080
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110109	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107578	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105782	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103431
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100877	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126493

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease