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: 138946	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96427	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88877
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92299	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85839	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96479
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95598	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96888	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96914	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96345
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97014	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96667	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97070	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95054
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104283	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103903	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112510
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103657	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101238	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99641	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97489
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94947	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119240

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease