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: 115245	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77274	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69621
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72328	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72521	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67020	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78214
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77452	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78604	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78953	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78303
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79150	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78670	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78844	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76762
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80394	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80721	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80354	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87074
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84667	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82125	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81004	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78913
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77091	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98947

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease