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: 32653	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25426	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25425	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24420
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24575	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 23754	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25835
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25771	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26040	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25998	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25567
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25772	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25879	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25613	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25540
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 27764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 27851	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 28186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29191
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26947	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26481	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26073	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25963
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25345	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 29939

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease