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: 137492	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93935	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87891
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91304	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84810	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95371
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94525	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95746	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95813	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95228
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95872	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95559	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93933
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102566	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102773	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110723
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102458	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100020	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98536	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96356
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93837	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117925

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease