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: 119780	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80588	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81902	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72650
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75485	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69845	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81424
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80641	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81733	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82140	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81440
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82292	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81985	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82056	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80123
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83807	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84177	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90737
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88101	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85490	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84349	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82234
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80273	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102913

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease