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: 132902	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85109
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88129	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88403	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82016	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91833
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91055	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92290	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92317	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91803
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92450	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92303	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90328
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98472	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98852	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98358	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106374
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98625	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96215	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94859	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92891
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90522	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114103

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease