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: 126624	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78215
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81172	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75265	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86603
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85867	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86986	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87164	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86726
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87426	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87140	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85383
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89871	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89952	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97296
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93411	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90999	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89651	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87532
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85456	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108913

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease