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: 164841	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111929	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114064	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103562
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107422	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99631	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113993
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113004	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114197	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113834	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113622
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114040	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114820	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112558
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123071	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133687
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123363	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120150	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118172	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115512
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112591	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141714

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease