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: 117366	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79913	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70901
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73662	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68168	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78847	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79954	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80325	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79641
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80556	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80126	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78220
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81758	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82142	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81776	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88591
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86222	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83615	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82461	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80355
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78454	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100738

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease