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: 105076	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70428	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71425	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63512
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66108	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61440	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71265
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70630	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71764	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72036	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71359
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72149	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71869	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70230
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73696	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73344	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79647
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77241	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74941	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73835	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71804
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70193	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90938

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease