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: 119723	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80541	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72589
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75626	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69788	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81376
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80590	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81661	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82082	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81379
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82244	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81931	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80069
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83797	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90679
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88033	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85431	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84298	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82186
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80220	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102862

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease