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: 138737	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96301	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88760
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91842	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85699	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96329
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95453	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96734	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96748	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96202
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96849	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96515	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96922	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94911
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103691	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112291
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103508	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101058	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99498	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97325
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94781	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119064

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease