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: 141840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97095	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98687	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91148
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94091	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94559	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88158	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98966
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98030	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99349	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99294	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98885
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99422	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99219	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99732	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97644
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107629	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107818	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107348	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116067
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106288	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103775	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102051	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99973
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97450	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122027

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease