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: 115326	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77336	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69665
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72372	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72572	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67066	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78262
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77496	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78655	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79006	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78360
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79203	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78731	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78898	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76827
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80790	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80407	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87140
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84734	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82175	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81054	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78976
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77142	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99028

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease