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: 180123	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125471	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114571
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118090	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109763	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124925
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123906	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124813	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124380	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124121
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124583	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124597	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125609	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123283
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136721	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137293	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136833	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 148969
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 135237	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131894	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129741	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126799
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123545	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 155719

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease