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: 99640	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66704	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67652	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60300
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58372	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67614
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67021	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68110	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68454	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67655
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68444	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68280	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68126	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66510
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69596	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70012	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69712	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75519
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73217	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71089	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69910	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66615	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86486

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease