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: 132470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91920	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84675
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81547	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91421
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90646	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91854	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91938	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91387
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92056	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91691	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91893	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89950
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97841	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97755	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105705
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98256	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95847	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94434	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92456
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90125	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113753

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease