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: 125055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84851	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86153	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76620
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79562	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73765	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85584
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84876	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86011	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86199	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85764
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86439	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86148	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84356
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88204	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88294	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95463
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92355	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89910	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88626	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86531
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84444	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107605

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease