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: 140674	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96196	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97710	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90214
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93218	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93643	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87255	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97942
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97000	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98346	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98304	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97871
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98459	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98227	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98648	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96546
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106339	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106408	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105946	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114682
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105215	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102766	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101096	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98951
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96380	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120945

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease