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: 128113	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88093	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78951
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81903	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75952	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87517
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86731	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87889	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88100	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87569
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88376	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88044	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86239
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90784	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91384	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90907	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98390
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94412	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92006	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90648	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88508
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86320	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110098

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease