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: 140836	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96342	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90364
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93803	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87399	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98090
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97163	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98506	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98459	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98044
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98626	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98398	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96702
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106584	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106655	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106184	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114893
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105385	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102931	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101245	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99113
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96553	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121129

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease