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: 115145	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77197	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78397	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69554
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72256	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66967	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78151
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77401	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78542	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78904	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78234
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79081	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78616	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78778	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76696
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80328	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80654	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80278	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87002
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84601	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82065	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80931	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78831
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77028	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98853

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease