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: 113566	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76120	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77268	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68616
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71269	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66117	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77079
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76280	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77495	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77798	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77175
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77963	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77489	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77637	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79215	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79492	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79140	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86000
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83480	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81164	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79785	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77687
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75946	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97706

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease