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: 118575	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79614	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71718
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74711	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68987	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80514
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79747	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80842	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81182	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80482
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81415	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81121	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79164
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83158	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89662
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87088	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84505	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83387	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81271
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79367	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101741

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease