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: 129000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81593
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84587	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78486	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88302
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87525	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88720	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88853	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88368
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89157	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88833	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87011
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93775	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93887	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101554
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95174	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92790	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91384	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89251
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87101	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110785

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease