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: 138752	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94809	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88767
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92172	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85707	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96335
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95459	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96738	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96756	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96212
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96855	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96528	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96927	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94916
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104011	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103697	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112299
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103516	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101063	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99504	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97335
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94785	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119075

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease