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: 115488	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77415	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69755
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72469	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67145	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78344
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77584	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78727	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79092	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78422
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79280	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78818	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78979	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76935
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80546	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80903	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87262
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84834	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82278	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81154	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79056
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77214	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99177

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease