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: 135410	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92729	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86887
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83747	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93934
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93134	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94357	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94485	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93835
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94463	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94139	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94445	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92419
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100995	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109002
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100858	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98401	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97024	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94984
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92517	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116081

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease