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: 119513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80376	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81696	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72427
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75269	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69640	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81211
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80435	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81515	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81926	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81212
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82072	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81751	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81824	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79912
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83921	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83614	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90469
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87854	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85245	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84142	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82046
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80050	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102658

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease