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: 140482	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96056	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97569	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90074
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93084	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93498	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87091	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97792
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96861	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98147	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97710
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98289	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98046	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98474	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106110	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106189	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105700	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114447
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105037	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102581	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100910	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98810
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96206	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120769

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease