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: 137940	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88155
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91257	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85071	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95663
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94814	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96060	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96127	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95530
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96174	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95838	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94234
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102923	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102649	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111149
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102827	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100367	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98877	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96682
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94131	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118307

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease