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: 141261	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98252	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90700
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93673	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94142	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87754	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98516
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97558	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98915	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98841	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98437
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98988	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99277	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97109
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115449
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105829	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103314	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101623	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99510
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96990	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121546

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease