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: 161896	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109709	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101599
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97889	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111947
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110875	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112189	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111854	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111592
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112039	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112000	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112715	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110450
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121153	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120713	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131065
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120954	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117828	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115830	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113216
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110331	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139274

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease