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: 115173	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77233	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78426	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69584
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66993	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78177
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77419	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78572	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78927	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78263
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79103	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78637	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78807	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76719
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80357	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87039
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84626	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82091	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80968	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78864
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77060	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98885

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease