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: 118052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79212	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71353
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74344	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68641	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80109
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79384	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80471	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80814	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80106
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81028	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80655	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78757
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82350	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82738	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82364	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89223
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86725	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84086	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82996	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80871
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78980	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101295

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease