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: 117669	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78905	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71100
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74092	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68382	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79816
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79094	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80187	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80547	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80759	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80380	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78459
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82010	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82407	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82040	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88867
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86438	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83822	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82694	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80561
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78684	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100976

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease