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: 141544	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96894	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90927
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93872	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94362	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87947	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98765
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97797	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99131	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99079	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98650
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99216	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99519	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97362
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107484	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115767
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106055	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103544	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101841	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99760
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97234	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121802

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease