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: 118535	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79581	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71687
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74526	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74673	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68954	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80481
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79713	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80811	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81158	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80454
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81382	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81032	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81094	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79125
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89619
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87052	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84471	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83342	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81230
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79333	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101707

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease