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: 162193	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109889	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101757
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105619	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98024	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112159
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111064	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112397	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112035	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111776
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112221	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112192	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112920	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110663
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121023	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121379	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120933	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131278
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121199	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118063	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116052	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113436
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110554	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139545

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease