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: 124207	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85436	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75846
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78783	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78909	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73032	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84935
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84230	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85349	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85561	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85121
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85718	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85477	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85421	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83667
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87511	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94586
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91695	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89185	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87919	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85842
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83767	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106828

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease