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: 122929	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83118	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74922
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77821	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77989	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72106	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83880
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83185	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84324	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84575	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84099
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84683	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84463	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84455	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82598
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86250	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86711	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93418
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90666	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88135	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86877	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84809
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82743	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105725

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease