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: 118055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79214	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71355
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74171	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74345	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68641	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80111
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79386	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80471	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80818	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80107
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81030	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80659	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78759
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89223
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86726	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84089	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82999	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80872
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78983	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101296

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease