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: 165377	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112273	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114414	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103868
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99925	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114341
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113293	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114509	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114119	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113911
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114420	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114348	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115111	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112873
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123879	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123425	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134114
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123727	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120504	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118516	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115835
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112929	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142143

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease