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: 141394	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96793	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98369	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90789
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93776	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87850	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98644
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97688	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99025	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98964	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98543
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99109	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98890	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99401	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97244
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107356	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115611
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105947	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103444	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101730	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99637
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97124	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121677

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease