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: 128629	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87143	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88528	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80795
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83925	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77645	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87946
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87153	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88358	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88553	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88037
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88824	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88472	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88498	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86664
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92962	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100620
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94849	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92479	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91085	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88949
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86768	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110500

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease