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: 127944	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86604	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87991	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78825
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81796	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75828	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87404
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86635	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87779	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87997	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87460
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88273	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86138
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90628	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91234	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90741	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98208
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94303	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91906	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90547	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88407
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86219	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110035

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease