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: 100062	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67023	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67945	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60575
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63065	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63532	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58624	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67906
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67339	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68418	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68732	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67928
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68722	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68595	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68431	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66808
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70328	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70004	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75860
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73532	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71391	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70234	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68313
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66889	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86852

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease