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: 99991	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66960	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67896	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60523
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58580	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67853
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67270	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68371	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68681	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67880
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68674	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68538	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68367	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66750
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69863	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70276	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69951	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75799
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73469	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71343	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70174	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68260
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66829	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86793

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease