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: 124267	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84225	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75879
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78823	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78952	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73072	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84979
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84265	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85386	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85590	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85152
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85757	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85505	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85471	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83711
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87888	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87550	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94626
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91731	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89241	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87960	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85873
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83807	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106870

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease