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: 128534	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80541
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77414	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87873
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87067	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88265	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88471	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87953
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88736	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88385	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88413	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86583
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92490	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92645	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100304
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94749	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92401	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90980	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88861
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86675	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110439

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease