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: 141354	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96770	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98339	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90758
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93737	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94213	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87816	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98620
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97649	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98986	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98930	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98512
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99074	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98860	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99370	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97202
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107170	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106880	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115561
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105907	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103405	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101698	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99602
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97076	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121639

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease