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: 119827	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80629	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72682
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69873	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81464
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80670	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81752	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82185	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81474
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82329	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82082	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80157
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83837	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83887	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90782
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88128	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85528	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84390	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82273
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80300	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102941

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease