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: 166022	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112658	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114813	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104262
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100234	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114712
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113651	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114826	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114442	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114230
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114726	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114697	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115418	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113212
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123940	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124341	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134688
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124177	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120943	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118948	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116251
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113286	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142811

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease