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: 128599	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87119	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80669
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83682	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83796	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77537	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87921
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87134	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88335	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88530	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88018
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88800	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88452	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88474	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86643
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92811	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100493
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94823	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92455	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91054	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88927
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86744	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110482

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease