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: 114324	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76643	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66517	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77570
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76807	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77938	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78303	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77700
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78480	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78014	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78150	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76093
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80019	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86338
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84023	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81464	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80340	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78205
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98269

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease