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: 128253	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86808	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88212	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79786
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82923	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76724	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87633
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86850	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88001	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88223	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87693
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88498	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88132	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88164	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86349
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91623	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92270	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91769	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99424
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94523	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92135	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90754	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88604
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86440	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110207

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease