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: 128350	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86889	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80057
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83155	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76948	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87711
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86914	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88082	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88312	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87777
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88586	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88213	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88243	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86435
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92528	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99746
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94602	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92227	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90832	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88675
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86508	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110298

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease