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: 117643	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78888	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80136	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71079
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74079	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68365	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79801
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79072	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80177	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80519	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79826
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80739	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80448	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78439
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81982	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82022	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88843
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86415	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83813	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82671	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80545
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78656	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100956

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease