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: 129842	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88178	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89594	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82666
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85678	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79639	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89081
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88322	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89530	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89602	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89097
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89835	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89509	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89572	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87707
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95248	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103057
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95900	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93522	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92149	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89989
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87837	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111456

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease