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: 119618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80460	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72502
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75360	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69707	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81297
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80510	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81597	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82017	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81294
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82166	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81839	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81937	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80006
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83684	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84031	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83716	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90569
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87957	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85349	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84225	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82109
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80136	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102767

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease