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: 114645	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76883	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69276
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66720	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77814
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77055	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78210	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78546	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77938
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78729	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78279	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78429	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76353
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80008	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80298	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79935	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86645
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84264	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81736	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80590	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78467
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76703	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98502

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease