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: 128482	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87004	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88416	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80415
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83438	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83552	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77316	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87835
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87027	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88209	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88428	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87907
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88696	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88336	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88356	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86547
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92356	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100173
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94705	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92355	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90940	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88813
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86630	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110401

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease