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: 129509	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87876	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89294	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82408
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85418	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79359	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88777
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87981	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89210	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89319	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88799
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89575	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89214	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89302	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87451
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102605
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95622	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93242	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91864	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89699
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87549	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111196

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease