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: 106804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71518	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64523
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67629	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62378	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72366
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71780	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72921	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73184	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72526
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73337	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72921	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71410
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74539	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74837	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74493	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80927
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78486	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76220	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75047	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73011
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71358	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92307

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease