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: 140192	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95864	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89873
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92880	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86869	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97549
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96630	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97971	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97933	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97461
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98102	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97782	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98229	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96186
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105750	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105361	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114081
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104816	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102374	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100701	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98578
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95994	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120499

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease