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: 128913	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87393	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81385
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84391	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84567	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78226	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88226
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87451	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88631	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88781	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88287
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89074	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88692	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88751	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86930
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93487	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94111	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93635	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101305
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95088	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92711	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91314	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89185
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87012	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110701

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease