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: 117236	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78555	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79791	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70791
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73561	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68079	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79513
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78731	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79852	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80230	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79534
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80449	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80007	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78111
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81637	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81664	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88481
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86108	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83521	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82362	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80219
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78361	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100603

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease