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: 135079	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94027	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86685
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90022	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83554	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93711
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92908	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94124	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94256	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93630
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94234	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93874	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94196	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92182
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100733	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101039	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100537	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108719
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100622	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98158	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96766	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94741
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92273	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115781

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease