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: 118092	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79258	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71387
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74374	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68668	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80164
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79425	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80498	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80849	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80132
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81064	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80692	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80747	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78790
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82390	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82783	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82400	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89255
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86748	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84119	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83039	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80906
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79011	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101329

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease