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: 114803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76958	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69332
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72206	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66765	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77882
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77124	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78294	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78623	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78011
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78818	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78499	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76426
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80063	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79986	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86702
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84337	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81804	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80668	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78551
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76777	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98563

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease