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: 117824	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79027	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80267	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71198
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74005	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74210	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68481	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79937
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79200	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80295	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80660	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79934
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80864	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80485	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80558	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78578
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82123	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82522	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82153	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89002
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86541	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83919	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82826	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80682
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78804	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101118

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease