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: 99429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66562	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67487	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60175
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62673	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58256	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67455
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66856	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67952	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68289	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67502
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68261	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68119	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67964	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66351
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69450	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69850	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69542	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75331
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73047	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70905	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67832
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66459	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86311

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease