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: 129382	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85425	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79098	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88675
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87857	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89086	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89194	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88703
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89478	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89104	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89190	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87341
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95060	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94631	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102295
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95524	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93131	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91761	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89598
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87455	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111111

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease