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: 119495	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80366	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72410
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75258	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69629	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81195
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80422	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81505	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81905	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81197
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82060	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81736	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81806	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79894
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83563	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83906	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83598	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90454
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87837	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85235	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84127	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82034
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80029	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102639

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease