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: 110424	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75068	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66706
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69417	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69868	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64388	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74878
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74188	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75373	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75581	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74983
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75767	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75339	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75527	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73779
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77053	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77022	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83648
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81221	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78828	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77676	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75523
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73850	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95270

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease