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: 133683	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91401	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92983	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85780
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82665	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92537
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91793	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92999	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93064	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92501
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93140	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92761	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91072
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99428	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107394
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96971	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95603	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93572
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91199	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114693

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease