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: 137108	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93679	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95194	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87685
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90776	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84608	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95079
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94251	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95446	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95551	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94955
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95595	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95279	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95656	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93645
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101959	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110359
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102145	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99692	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98229	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96083
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93582	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117589

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease