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: 124202	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84171	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85434	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75842
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78777	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78907	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73026	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84928
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84227	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85346	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85556	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85116
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85712	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85475	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83661
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87360	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87845	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87504	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94582
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91691	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89178	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87912	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85837
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83761	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106819

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease