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: 8678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8072	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7813	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7736
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7709	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7569	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8192
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8151	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8199	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8002
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8052	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8013	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7903	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7731
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9143	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9023	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9063
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8277	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8063	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7958	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8033
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7891	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7957

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease