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: 141728	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97034	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98601	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91068
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94016	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88100	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98909
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97954	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99278	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99217	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98808
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99346	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99150	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99662	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97551
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115983
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106215	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103699	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101982	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99896
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97379	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121947

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease