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: 132759	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90647	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84909
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87940	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88200	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81834	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91708
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90926	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92147	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92201	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91662
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92330	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91961	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92188	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90216
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98223	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98628	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98130	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106106
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98514	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96107	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94718	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92782
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90395	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113992

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease