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: 19990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17780	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17454
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17428	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17666	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18049
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18101	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18166	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18107	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17749
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17843	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17907	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17686	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17632
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20051	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20437
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18427	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18150	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17974
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17732	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19077

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease