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: 141089	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96560	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90566
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93569	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87622	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98340
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97403	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98772	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98686	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98282
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98841	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98625	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99103	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96943
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106912	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107010	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115253
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105675	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103166	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101479	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99384
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96815	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121379

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease