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: 128593	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87116	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80664
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83782	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77524	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87918
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87130	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88326	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88526	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88012
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88792	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88443	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88471	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86639
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100475
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94819	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92454	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91049	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88920
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86737	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110477

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease