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: 164298	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111390	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113496	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103047
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106316	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99119	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113499
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112467	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113672	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113313	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113106
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113581	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113520	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114283	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112029
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122534	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122932	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122492	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133071
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122799	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119615	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117629	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112062	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141174

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease