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: 119374	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80274	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72319
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75364	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69539	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81092
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80338	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81421	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81819	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81112
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81981	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81650	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81724	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79800
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83480	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83505	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90346
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87749	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85136	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84035	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81954
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79950	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102525

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease