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: 136918	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93559	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87590
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90960	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84503	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94954
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94137	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95330	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95419	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94832
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95476	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95157	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95544	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93507
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110208
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102013	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99539	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98082	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95949
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93452	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117437

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease