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: 114385	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77888	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69092
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71986	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66555	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76851	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77990	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78343	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77752
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78536	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78057	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78197	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76152
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79771	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79692	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86388
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84067	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81511	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80385	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78249
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76499	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98313

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease