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: 121191	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73593
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76630	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70809	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82527
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81717	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82870	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83194	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82571
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83333	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83086	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81258
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84792	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84878	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91870
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89259	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86644	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85452	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83387
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81352	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104066

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease