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: 173769	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119010	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121146	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110311
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105710	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120602
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119564	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120491	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120234	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119853
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120416	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120408	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121252	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118919
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142716
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130645	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127332	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125284	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122452
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119426	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149861

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease