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: 117877	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79068	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71252
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74255	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68525	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79975
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79249	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80332	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80698	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79979
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80900	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80525	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80595	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78618
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82175	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82572	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89051
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86585	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83953	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82876	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80723
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78842	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101171

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease