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: 115532	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77438	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78643	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69779
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72502	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67175	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78368
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77614	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78758	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79117	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78441
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79306	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79003	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76971
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80938	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80541	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87297
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84865	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82303	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81183	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79087
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77243	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99213

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease