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: 123169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83302	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75086
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77991	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78163	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72286	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84049
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83389	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84525	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84758	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84307
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84874	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84646	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84640	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82794
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86488	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86944	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93665
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90887	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88337	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87112	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85013
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82916	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105930

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease