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: 118607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79645	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71749
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74738	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69010	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80542
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79782	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80868	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81203	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80515
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81446	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81147	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79189
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82799	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89688
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87121	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84533	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83418	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81314
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79388	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101780

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease