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: 165122	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112137	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114250	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103726
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107023	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99817	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114197
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113177	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114373	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113998	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113787
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114291	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114218	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115001	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112753
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123740	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133935
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123569	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120348	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118366	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115693
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141967

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease