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: 139692	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95474	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89461
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92890	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86436	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97104
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96206	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97496	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97502	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96986
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97621	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97312	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97732	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95704
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104746	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113423
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104341	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101899	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100265	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98117
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95570	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119953

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease