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: 119327	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80228	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72289
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75134	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75325	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69510	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81056
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80314	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81391	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81781	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81076
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81944	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81614	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81696	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79755
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83422	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83786	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90309
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87711	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85098	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83999	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81924
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79916	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102470

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease