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: 119253	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80158	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81481	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72232
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75081	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69463	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80991
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80251	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81316	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81721	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81012
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81887	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81567	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81639	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79693
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83360	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83722	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83404	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90236
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87651	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81861
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79859	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102395

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease