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: 99067	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66284	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67177	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59959
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62447	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62882	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58025	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67180
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66601	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67643	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68028	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67203
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67999	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67873	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67705	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66076
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69586	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69306	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75007
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72765	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70614	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69487	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67547
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66193	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86012

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease