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: 115122	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77183	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78374	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69541
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72431	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66956	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78129
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77382	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78522	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78886	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78218
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79064	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78598	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78761	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76681
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80626	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80266	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86979
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84587	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82051	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80916	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78811
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77006	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98838

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease