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: 134635	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92190	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93727	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86433
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89727	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83286	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93371
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92570	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93796	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93918	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93326
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93921	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93551	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93846	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91854
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100681	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108336
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100237	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97840	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96424	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94415
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91948	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115441

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease