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: 128091	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78882
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81847	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75871	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87497
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86716	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87869	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88079	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87555
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88362	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88026	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86222
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90698	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90822	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98297
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94397	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91993	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90637	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86306	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110084

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease