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: 115412	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77371	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78563	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69703
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72420	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72617	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67097	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78303
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77544	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78686	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79042	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78393
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79238	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78770	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78941	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76870
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80843	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87197
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84780	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82230	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81103	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79017
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77180	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99093

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease