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: 135281	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92651	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94177	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86820
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83684	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93851
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93066	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94278	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94395	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93753
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94366	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94051	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94354	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92338
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100909	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101199	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100679	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108915
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100764	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98314	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96929	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94903
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92433	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115959

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease