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: 139153	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95073	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89021
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92093	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85993	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96633
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95749	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97035	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97064	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96507
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97189	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96845	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97258	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95240
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104427	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104524	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104123	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112736
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103839	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101398	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99801	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97647
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95118	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119424

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease