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: 118990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72017
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75011	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69258	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80798
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80045	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81136	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81490	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80796
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81689	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81361	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81409	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79465
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83117	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83475	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90010
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87417	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84797	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83690	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81621
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79655	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102126

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease