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: 114371	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76680	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77876	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69087
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71765	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71977	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66551	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77602
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76845	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77983	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78336	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77745
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78531	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78054	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78192	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76145
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80057	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86381
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84061	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81504	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80375	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78244
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76495	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98307

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease