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: 118416	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79496	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80757	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71617
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68884	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80379
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79637	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80729	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81072	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80373
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81289	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80935	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81010	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79049
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82623	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83026	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89534
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86978	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84374	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83265	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81133
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79242	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101596

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease