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: 126564	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85798	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87161	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77802
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80902	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74885	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86549
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85827	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86942	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87115	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86692
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87376	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85340
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89446	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89933	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89559	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96819
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93360	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90960	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89612	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87491
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85420	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108879

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease