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: 118910	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79903	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81195	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71971
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74824	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69227	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80756
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79992	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81098	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81445	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80746
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81652	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81315	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79423
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83423	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83104	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89962
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87374	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84756	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83650	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81581
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79605	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102072

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease