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: 138835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94871	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96370	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88820
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91925	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92223	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85775	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96408
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95522	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96809	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96840	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96279
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96938	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96596	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96999	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94980
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104098	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104192	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103789	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112409
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103575	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101152	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99581	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97418
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94868	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119154

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease