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: 32913	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25557	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24537
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24729	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25284	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 23877	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25968
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25912	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26187	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26145	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25716
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25910	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26027	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25778	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25693
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 27942	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 28015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 28335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29347
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27117	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26631	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26229	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26091
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 25481	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 30173

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease