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: 135471	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92773	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94277	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86922
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90000	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83772	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93971
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93180	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94391	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94524	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93866
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94506	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94177	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94496	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92459
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101034	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100809	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109056
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100897	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98448	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97063	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95017
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92555	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116151

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease