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: 119637	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80480	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72523
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75386	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69733	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81312
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80532	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81613	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82032	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81317
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82182	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81864	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81958	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80023
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84066	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83740	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90595
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87974	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85375	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84242	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82133
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80157	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102797

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease