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: 142134	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98946	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91352
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94275	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88330	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99215
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98274	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99569	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99538	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99123
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99644	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99471	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99965	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97882
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107890	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116344
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106524	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104001	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102280	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100167
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97675	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122282

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease