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: 117673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71108
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73902	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68388	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79821
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79100	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80190	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80551	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79849
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80761	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80386	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80470	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78462
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88878
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86443	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83825	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82702	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80569
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78691	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100985

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease