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: 144430	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98631	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100315	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92430
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95898	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89356	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100558
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99607	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100904	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100850	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100412
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100991	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100829	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101341	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99184
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108968	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117713
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108042	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105545	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103761	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101593
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98989	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124042

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease