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: 129454	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87832	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89250	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82293
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85303	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85549	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79238	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88739
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87932	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89159	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89270	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88751
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89533	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89162	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89251	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94688	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102455
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95578	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93191	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91819	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89655
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87516	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111163

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease