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: 133713	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91423	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93000	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85797
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82684	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92558
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91810	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93017	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93095	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92518
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93166	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93029	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91091
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99446	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107426
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99399	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96988	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95624	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93598
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91216	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114710

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease