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: 115394	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77367	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78555	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69695
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72413	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67094	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78299
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77542	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78679	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79040	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78388
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79233	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78763	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78937	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76860
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80487	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87191
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84772	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82219	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81093	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79010
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77175	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99082

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease