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: 127026	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87368	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78572
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81709	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75595	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86772
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86049	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87180	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87376	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86929
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87656	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87328	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87337	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85569
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90786	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90304	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97757
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93626	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91248	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89868	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87755
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85647	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109262

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease