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: 118970	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79929	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81232	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72005
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74857	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74999	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69255	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80787
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80030	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81129	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81477	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80785
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81685	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81347	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83463	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89998
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87406	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84788	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83680	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81612
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79642	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102111

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease