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: 8788	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8188	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7931	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7840
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7818	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7665	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8296
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8262	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8313	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8323	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8128
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8170	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8024	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7838
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9132	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9188
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8392	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8192	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8075	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8146
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8008	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8081

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease