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: 140326	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95951	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97471	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89950
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92977	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93404	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86975	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97666
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96739	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98081	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98039	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97601
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98188	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98351	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96295
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105916	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114260
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104912	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102480	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98678
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96099	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120624

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease