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: 101208	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67871	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61280
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63810	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64235	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59303	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68734
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68147	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69236	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69473	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68782
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69553	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69353	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69246	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67632
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70793	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76781
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74376	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72291	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71134	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69159
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67719	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87779

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease