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: 116287	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77934	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70272
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73039	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73203	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67626	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78856
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78077	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79222	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79543	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78901
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79789	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79477	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77477
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87870
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85420	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82838	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81692	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79613
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77727	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99898

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease