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: 174857	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119790	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111050
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106447	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121361
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120347	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121277	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121005	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120553
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121148	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121149	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122054	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119714
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132177	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132660	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132258	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143815
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131414	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128145	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126100	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123245
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120199	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150843

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease