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: 119055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79991	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81297	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72066
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74925	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75066	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69295	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80849
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80096	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81176	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81559	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80857
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81752	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81409	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79520
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83173	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90066
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87477	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84850	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81685
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79707	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102180

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease