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: 133003	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92377	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85208
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88229	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88504	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82120	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91916
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91156	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92413	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91905
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92537	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92169	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92392	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90416
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98986	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98496	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106526
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98731	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96309	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94951	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92973
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90618	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114188

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease