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: 93839	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63876	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57009
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59187	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59765	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55192	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63761
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63250	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64244	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64684	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63694
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64623	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64538	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64304	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62708
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65628	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66175	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65823	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71167
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69047	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66914	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66022	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64022
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62964	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81737

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease