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: 132923	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92317	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85138
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88151	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88436	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82054	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91859
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91085	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92308	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92344	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91837
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92473	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92329	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90348
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98889	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98400	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106418
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98654	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96235	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94878	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92922
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90546	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114117

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease