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: 133002	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90838	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92376	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85208
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88229	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88504	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82120	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91915
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91155	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92374	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92412	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91904
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92536	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92168	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92391	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90416
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98496	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106523
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98730	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96308	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94950	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92973
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90618	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114188

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease