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: 124443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84383	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76024
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73210	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85138
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84423	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85529	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85760	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85299
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85914	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85650	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83861
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87576	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88042	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87697	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94813
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91872	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89400	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88134	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86042
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83969	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107034

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease