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: 136865	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93528	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95047	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87569
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90653	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90935	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84472	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94921
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94104	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95301	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95384	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94794
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95440	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95110	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95507	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93464
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101781	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110155
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101970	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99495	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98048	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95906
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93410	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117396

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease