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: 162021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109789	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111851	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101663
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104940	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105515	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97951	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112036
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110941	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112291	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111930	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111681
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112123	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112070	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112798	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110541
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120894	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121234	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131155
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121052	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117921	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115918	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113304
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110425	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139400

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease