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: 128617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87133	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80729
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77589	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87934
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87144	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88346	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88543	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88024
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88810	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88459	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88483	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92694	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93337	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92876	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100542
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94831	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92464	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91064	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88937
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86759	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110487

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease