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: 119997	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80758	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82063	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72816
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75837	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69995	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81590
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80789	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81879	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82303	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81619
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82441	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82142	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80279
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84349	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84024	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90928
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88251	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85652	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84517	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82411
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80425	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103097

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease