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: 126618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85834	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78197
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75253	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86597
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85861	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86980	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87159	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86724
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87420	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87145	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85376
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89849	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90396	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89928	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97274
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93405	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90994	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89649	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87530
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85450	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108910

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease