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: 118262	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79375	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71498
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74327	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68791	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80273
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79534	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80618	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80969	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80270
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81188	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80825	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80896	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78944
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89398
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86868	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84264	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83169	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81034
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79133	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101479

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease