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: 115259	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77296	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78474	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69638
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72337	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67033	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78223
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77463	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78614	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78966	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78320
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79164	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78684	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78856	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76780
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80404	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87088
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84679	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82140	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81013	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78932
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77107	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98967

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease