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: 93515	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62708	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56816
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59581	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54990	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63522
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63022	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64031	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64472	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63464
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64398	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64297	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64066	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62476
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65418	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70933
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68828	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66668	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65745	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63815
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62747	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81501

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease