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: 115285	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77306	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78492	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69646
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72349	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67047	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78238
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77471	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78626	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78981	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78328
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79181	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78701	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78874	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76801
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80756	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80381	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87108
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84695	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82148	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81031	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78951
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77125	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98993

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease