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: 129500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87863	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89290	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82388
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85400	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85653	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79332	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88769
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87974	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89196	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89312	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88788
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89566	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89203	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87444
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94806	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102575
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95615	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93231	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91853	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89691
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87538	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111189

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease