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: 114400	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76702	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77894	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69104
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71777	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66562	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77622
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76868	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78003	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78361	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77763
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78541	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78071	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78211	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76160
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80076	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79703	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86400
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84080	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81518	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80397	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78262
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76509	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98324

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease