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: 114493	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76777	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77975	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69184
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66635	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77715
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76949	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78085	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78438	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77836
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78617	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78170	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78305	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76239
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79867	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80177	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79791	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86490
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84172	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81611	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80485	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78359
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76605	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98402

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease