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: 102744	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68946	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69864	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62211
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65225	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60205	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69786
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69163	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70271	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70543	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70659	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70346	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68734
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71882	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71898	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77983
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75563	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73370	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72245	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70244
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68713	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89056

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease