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: 114447	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69141
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71818	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66606	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77669
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76903	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78044	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78406	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77798
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78586	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78261	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76196
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79820	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80129	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86439
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84131	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81565	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80439	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78309
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76558	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98364

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease