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: 119880	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72733
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75566	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75751	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69908	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81510
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80719	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81803	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82235	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81529
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82371	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82067	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82129	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80210
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84255	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90832
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88179	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85582	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84439	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82315
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80350	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103006

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease