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: 117370	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70905
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73884	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68177	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79618
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78854	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79970	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80333	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79650
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80568	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80134	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80247	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78227
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81785	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88597
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86229	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83623	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82468	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80363
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78457	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100742

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease