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: 97701	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65310	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59177
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62051	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57259	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66171
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65692	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66657	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67019	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66187
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67025	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66925	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66751	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65121
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68122	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68606	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68271	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73906
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71724	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69570	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68537	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66465
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65295	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84954

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease