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: 162594	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112221	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102007
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105301	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98228	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112451
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111333	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112624	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112285	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112016
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112486	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112425	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113177	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110923
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121680	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131605
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121491	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118378	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116375	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113720
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110854	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139900

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease