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: 11154	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10172	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10055
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10020	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9905	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10621
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10568	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10628	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10465
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10453	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10402	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10307	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10117
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11722	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11532	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11621
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10681	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10523	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10359	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10441
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10278	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10341

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease