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: 78240	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54503	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48831
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50890	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51495	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47842	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54619
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53888	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54699	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55216	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54410
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54986	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55075	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54794	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53452
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56469	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56759	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56880	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60857
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 58799	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57040	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56217	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54857
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53895	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68710

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease