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: 115211	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77255	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78450	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69603
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72305	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67004	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78197
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77437	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78590	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78941	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78284
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78656	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78825	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76743
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80378	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80339	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87058
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84643	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82105	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80989	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78889
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77081	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98916

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease