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: 140701	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96222	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97728	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90230
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87277	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97957
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97028	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98368	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98329	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97893
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98485	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98254	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98682	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96580
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106443	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114718
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105249	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102788	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101121	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98974
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96403	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120967

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease