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: 12673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11956	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11536	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11514
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11408	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11547	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11369	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12096
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12073	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12153	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12168	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11956
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11972	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11695	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11500
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13084	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13286	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13176
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12184	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11979	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11851	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11939
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11749	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11837

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease