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: 138489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94630	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96135	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88585
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91681	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91999	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85528	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96125
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95256	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96532	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96556	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96022
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96660	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96301	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96705	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94697
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103707	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103820	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103412	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111989
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103317	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100847	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99321	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97134
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94589	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118829

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease