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: 122373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82652	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74457
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77362	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77541	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71654	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83447
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82689	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83847	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84107	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83612
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84231	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83992	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83978	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82126
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85857	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92917
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90201	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87624	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86379	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84356
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82293	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105144

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease