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: 117690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80170	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71116
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74104	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68394	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79830
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79119	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80197	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80565	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79856
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80769	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80396	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78475
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82026	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82424	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82053	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88886
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83832	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82711	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80575
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78705	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100993

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease