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: 138819	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94856	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96354	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88809
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85761	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96398
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95507	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96792	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96826	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96263
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96913	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96574	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96980	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94963
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104081	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104165	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112379
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103567	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101122	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99562	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97397
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94847	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119130

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease