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: 128527	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87047	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88458	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80522
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83532	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83637	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77395	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87870
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87064	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88256	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88468	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87950
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88732	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88380	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88407	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86577
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92475	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92629	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100285
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94744	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92394	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90978	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88855
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86670	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110438

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease