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: 127966	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86612	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78831
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81954	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75829	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87414
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86647	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87791	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88011	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87473
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88288	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87949	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87941	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86154
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90631	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90746	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98216
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94310	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91920	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90562	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88414
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86233	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110040

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease