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: 114877	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77012	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69387
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72059	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72259	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66806	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77933
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77186	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78346	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78693	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78059
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78874	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78414	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78560	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76494
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80411	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80050	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86780
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84395	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81860	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80726	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78628
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76824	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98627

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease