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: 131792	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89809	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84120
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87438	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81067	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90813
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90089	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91234	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91362	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91508	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91140	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91309	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97155	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97582	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105004
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97618	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95266	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93877	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91806
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89541	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113151

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease