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: 141284	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96711	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98271	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90711
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93692	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94165	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87766	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98541
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97587	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98940	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98871	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98458
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99011	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98812	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99303	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97136
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107106	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106783	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115476
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105856	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103335	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101644	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99531
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97010	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121571

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease