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: 138511	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94648	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88605
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91697	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92017	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85542	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96147
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95294	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96546	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96569	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96044
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96682	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94716
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103744	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103854	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103449	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112031
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103343	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100874	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99341	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97155
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94611	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118851

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease