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: 139524	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95352	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89329
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92363	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86295	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96972
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96075	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97363	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97369	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96830
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97494	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97163	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97596	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95553
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104998	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104572	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113235
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104190	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101745	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100144	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97988
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95437	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119792

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease