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: 114944	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77066	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69437
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66847	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77983
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77240	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78400	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78745	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78110
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78932	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78616	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76554
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86844
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84440	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81926	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80785	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78669
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76883	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98687

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease