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: 139207	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95132	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89063
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92138	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92502	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86048	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96686
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95816	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97099	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97121	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96565
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97243	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96897	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97318	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95296
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104534	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104621	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104214	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112827
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103888	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101458	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99866	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97705
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95184	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119481

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease