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: 132859	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90732	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85055
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88074	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88343	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81960	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91795
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91023	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92251	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92279	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91761
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92409	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92032	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92261	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90289
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: 98779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98284	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106295
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98595	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96179	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94812	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92866
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90492	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114071

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease