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: 134622	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92182	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93716	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86419
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89719	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83281	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93361
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92563	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93790	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93905	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93319
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93909	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93541	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93834	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91845
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100384	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100668	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100194	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108326
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100215	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97827	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96415	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94406
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91935	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115428

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease