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: 118121	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79290	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80540	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71420
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74393	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68700	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80192
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79453	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80526	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80872	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80164
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81094	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80716	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78827
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82417	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82439	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89287
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86777	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84153	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83062	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80941
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79040	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101354

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease