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: 116064	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77791	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70117
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73051	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67484	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78693
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77945	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79055	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79400	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78749
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79617	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79155	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79318	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77309
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80919	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80930	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87699
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85245	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82679	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81536	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77567	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99693

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease