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: 133296	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: 85494
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88525	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88782	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82410	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92163
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91414	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92628	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: 92801	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92406	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92636	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90675
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99038	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: 98875	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106951
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98995	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96560	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95232	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93235
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90861	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114402

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease