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: 128527	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87042	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88451	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80513
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83628	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77386	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87867
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87058	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88251	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88464	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87943
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88731	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88377	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88401	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86571
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92609	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100276
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94742	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92391	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90976	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88854
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86669	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110434

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease