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: 121549	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81988	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83275	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73871
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76731	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76931	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71071	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82814
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82014	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83202	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83470	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82875
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83628	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83332	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83363	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81522
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85082	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85540	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92201
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89551	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86961	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85764	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83716
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81668	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104412

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease