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: 119683	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80507	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81827	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72554
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75427	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69770	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81346
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80557	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81638	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82063	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81349
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82220	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81992	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80046
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84100	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83775	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90645
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88009	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85410	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84267	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82163
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80191	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102842

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease