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: 76165	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52551	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53187	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47842
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 49681	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 46946	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53474
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52736	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53472	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53899	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53321
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53701	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53780	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53509	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52355
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55271	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55522	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55703	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59616
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57358	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55831	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54915	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53728
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52597	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66879

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease