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: 108835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65778
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68421	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68862	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63495	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73766
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73108	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74273	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74521	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73878
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74683	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74251	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74383	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72760
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75925	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76228	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75913	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82468
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80028	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77674	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76505	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74463
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72750	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93984

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease