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: 140901	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96407	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90418
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93423	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93875	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87469	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98165
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97236	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98587	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98529	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98124
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98695	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98461	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98910	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96770
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106771	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106286	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115020
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105463	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103003	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101325	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99201
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96628	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121205

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease