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: 133963	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91660	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93194	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86003
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89030	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89282	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82883	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92778
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92031	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93247	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93326	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92773
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93014	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91312
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99585	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107703
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99648	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97247	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95877	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93853
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91427	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114900

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease