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: 114577	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76828	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69223
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72115	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77763
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78148	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78492	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77890
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78680	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78221	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76308
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79931	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79857	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86571
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84221	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81676	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80543	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78414
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76655	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98451

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease