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: 125669	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85181	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86525	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77038
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74124	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85921
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85200	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86341	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86516	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86067
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86760	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86474	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86457	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84698
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88642	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89091	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88728	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95953
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92709	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90282	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88974	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86865
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84789	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108047

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease