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: 115264	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77298	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78478	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69642
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72339	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72539	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67035	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78225
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77464	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78616	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78971	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78321
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79167	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78690	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78862	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80409	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87095
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84683	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82140	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81016	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78934
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77114	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98973

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease