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: 128138	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86715	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88121	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79164
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82300	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76167	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87540
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86753	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87909	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88122	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87582
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88391	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88053	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88071	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86254
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98649
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94427	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92021	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90666	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88527
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86340	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110113

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease