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: 98914	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67074	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59862
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62353	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57932	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67083
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66496	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67522	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67909	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67093
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67882	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67772	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67593	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65972
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69043	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69205	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74878
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72638	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70497	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69376	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67441
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66094	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85894

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease