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: 130892	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89044	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83382
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86699	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80418	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90022
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89260	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90418	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90542	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89994
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90689	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90364	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90509	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88638
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96287	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96761	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104132
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96829	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94441	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93061	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90928
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88730	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112342

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease