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: 132797	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84965
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87984	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81882	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91742
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90955	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92186	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92229	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91701
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92359	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91985	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92215	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90244
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98290	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106175
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98547	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96136	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94758	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92806
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90438	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114011

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease