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: 121339	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81846	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73711
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76563	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70932	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82653
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81844	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82993	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83295	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82700
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83453	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83169	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83185	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81374
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85363	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85005	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92012
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89399	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86772	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85586	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83525
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81465	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104201

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease