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: 115926	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77695	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70023
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72766	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67399	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78608
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77841	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78963	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79319	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78665
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79534	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77226
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80827	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81218	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87594
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85132	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82586	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81450	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79353
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77485	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99549

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease