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: 139682	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95465	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96958	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89443
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92467	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92882	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86423	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97094
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96191	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97488	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97495	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96974
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97611	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97720	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95690
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104735	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113409
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104332	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101889	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100258	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98109
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95563	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119941

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease