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: 117307	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78600	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70836
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73609	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68118	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79564
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78789	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79904	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80270	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79590
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80493	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80057	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80186	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78157
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82076	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81715	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88526
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86163	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83568	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82392	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80275
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78405	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100666

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease