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: 128115	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86693	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88095	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78986
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81932	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75984	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87518
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86734	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87890	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88104	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87570
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88377	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88046	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86242
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90813	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91412	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90937	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98428
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94413	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92009	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90653	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88509
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86322	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110099

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease