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: 139364	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95217	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96740	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89186
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92610	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86148	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96834
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95950	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97233	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97239	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96692
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97364	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97025	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97448	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95426
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104706	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104771	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104383	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113025
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104017	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101584	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100004	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97825
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95294	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119613

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease