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: 132921	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90772	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92311	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85136
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88150	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82051	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91857
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91082	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92307	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92342	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91828
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92469	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92095	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90347
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98508	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98883	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98394	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106413
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98653	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96231	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94874	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92919
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90539	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114117

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease