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: 129493	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87860	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82377
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79317	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88764
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87968	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89192	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89304	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88783
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89561	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89199	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89287	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87439
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94787	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95294	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94887	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102555
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95612	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93226	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89682
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87536	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111183

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease