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: 115227	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77264	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78457	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69611
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67011	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78204
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77443	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78596	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78949	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78293
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79139	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78666	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78829	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76754
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80384	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80712	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80345	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87067
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84655	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82118	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80997	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78900
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77086	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease