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: 145025	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99024	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100738	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92790
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95832	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96268	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89704	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100970
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100006	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101342	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101249	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100860
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101372	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101275	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101756	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99573
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109605	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109805	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109446	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118286
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108538	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106004	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104225	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101997
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99433	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124582

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease