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: 130358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88598	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90062	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83021
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86323	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80048	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89543
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88768	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89981	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90054	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89529
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90265	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89912	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88170
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96208	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95757	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103601
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96363	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93968	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92600	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90449
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88266	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111942

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease