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: 139677	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95462	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89441
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86422	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97092
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96187	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97484	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97490	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96968
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97607	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97716	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95686
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105178	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104732	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113405
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104327	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101887	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100257	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98105
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95559	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119939

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease