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: 119161	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80066	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81391	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74996	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75151	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69379	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80917
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80177	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81239	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81641	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80937
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81819	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81491	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81555	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79603
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83277	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83641	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83311	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90159
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87561	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84937	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83836	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81781
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102293

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease