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: 123118	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83248	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84581	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75048
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78117	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72245	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84007
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83339	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84466	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84715	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84250
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84819	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84608	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84593	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82740
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86881	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86555	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93605
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90827	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88300	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87061	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84966
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82874	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105895

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease