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: 128735	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87230	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88610	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81109
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84116	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84280	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77957	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88041
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87263	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88464	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88642	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88123
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88918	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88556	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88594	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86764
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100989
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94935	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92561	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91181	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89034
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86865	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110580

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease